China’s economic and trade cooperation zones in Africa : a viable model of development?

• Main Authors: Alden, Chris, Alves, Ana Cristina
• Other Authors: April, Yazini
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Africa Institute of South Africa 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; China; Africa
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143885
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The possibility that the Chinese experience of development, reflected in its three decades of rapid economic growth and accompanying development achievements, can be copied by Africans has pre-occupied scholars and policy makers since the early 2000s., The forms of technical policy transfer from China to Africa covers a diversity of topics and sectors from Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Agricultural Technical Demonstration Centres to better management of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and improved internal governing party discipline.. Within Africa, the Chinese experience of industrialisation associated with the SEZs is especially appealing as a means of achieving rapid growth through the transfer of finances, technologies and management skills.