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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454748103321

Titolo

Building bridges [[electronic resource] ] : China's growing role as infrastructure financier for sub-Saharan Africa / / Vivien Foster ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, : Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility, c2009

ISBN

0-8213-7555-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Trends and policy options ; ; no. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

FosterVivien <1968->

Disciplina

338.91/5106

Soggetti

Investments, Chinese - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Electronic books.

China Foreign economic relations Africa, Sub-Saharan

Africa, Sub-Saharan Foreign economic relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Helping to eliminate poverty through private involvement in infrastructure."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; OVERVIEW; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHINA'S GROWING TIES WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; FIGURES; BOXES; 3. METHODOLOGY; TABLES; 4. THE EMERGENCE OF CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE; 5. ECONOMIC COMPLEMENTARITIES BETWEEN CHINA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; 6. THE FINANCING PERSPECTIVE; 7. THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE; 8. CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ANNEXES

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, a number of emerging economies have begun to play a growing role in the finance of infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their combined resource flows are now comparable in scale to traditional Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries or to capital from private investors. These emerging financiers include China, India, and the Gulf States, with China being by far the largest player.Despite its importance, relatively little is known about the value of Chinese finance. The main purpose of this study is to