Commodities, Africa and China

• Main Authors: Herbst, Jeffrey, Mills, Greg
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::Africa; DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::China
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/92020; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4693
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Two conventional wisdoms about Africa have been overtuned in recent months - with potentially dramatic implications for continental development and security: the first has to do with commodity prices. The second is the seeming retreat from Africa of investors and entrepreneurs from Chinea, which i...