This article studies what I describe as “state-coordinated investment partnerships,” an
investment modality central to the deployment of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) …

Increasingly common methods for financing public infrastructure in developing economies
are Resources-for-Infrastructure (R4I) and Resource-Financed Infrastructure (RFI), usually …

Southern Africa (SA) is among the world's richest mineral-rich regions, yet many of its
citizens wallow in untold socio-economic distress. This puzzling reality bids the question: Is …

Abstract China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a cornerstone of Xi Jinping's foreign policy.
Chinese ministries, companies, and universities set up diplomatic networks, build roads and …

Through the case of cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we examine the
role of local politics in critical mineral sourcing and its implications for the lead processing …

This chapter provides a broad overview of the literature on economic imperialism. The first
part of the chapter defines the concept of economic imperialism and the distinctive heuristics …

«Cobalt means conflict»–le cobalt congolais, un élément critique dans les batteries lithium-
ion.—Le cobalt est un élément essentiel des batteries lithium-ion pour les véhicules …

On 16 August 2012, protesting workers at the Lonmin-owned platinum mine near the town of
Marikana, South Africa, were fred upon by public security forces, resulting in the death of …

Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are now working with humanitarian organizations
to develop infrastructure abroad. This emerging phenomenon is puzzling: when, where, and …

This dissertation provides an ethnographic exploration of cobalt mining in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC) through the lives of artisanal miners who operate in the …