Wednesday, November 8, 2017

China-Africa Economic Update

The China-Africa Research Initiative at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies published in October 2017 its first Economic Bulletin titled "Challenges of and Opportunities from the Commodity Price Slump" by Lucas Atkins, Deborah Brautigam,Yunnan Chen, and Jyhjong Hwang.

The Bulletin looks at recent statistics on China-Africa trade, Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa, Chinese labor in Africa, Chinese loans to Africa, and construction contracts won by Chinese companies.