This study empirically examined the impact of external debt on economic growth. Also, the
interactions of governance, external debt and external debt volatility were further …

China's engagement in Africa is generally portrayed simply as African countries being
exploited for their mineral wealth by a wealthy political and economic superpower. Is this …

This paper provides a brief assessment of how natural resource scarcity and global climate
change may change the risk of violent conflict in the future. The resource scarcity element of …

China's unprecedented economic growth path over the last two decades has been
paralleled by an exponential growth in the consumption of natural resources and in …

This article examines increasing regional economic integration in the Indian Ocean, along
with the region's rising importance in the global economy and outlines the challenges to …

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

The literature on the relationship between foreign aid and institutions has found that the
effects of aid vary across different donor characteristics and delivery mechanisms. This …

Power and influence are concepts that have been studied by International Relations and
foreign policy scholars for decades. Special attention has recently been focused on …

Development knowledge sharing (DKS) by Japan, South Korea and China has rapidly
expanded over the last decade. However, little scholarly attention has been paid to the …

This paper presents empirical evidence on how Chinese firms perceive and tackle risks
associated with their overseas investments. Using a first-hand survey dataset of Chinese …