Steadying the ladder: China's agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa

This paper aims to draw lessons from China's development experiences, particularly in the areas of agricultural and rural development, to increase growth and reduce poverty in Africa South of the Sahara. It also examines China's rising economic involvement in Africa and makes recommendations for how...

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Main Authors: Chen, Kevin Z., Hsu, Claire, Fan, Shenggen
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Emerald Publishing Limited 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150206
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description This paper aims to draw lessons from China's development experiences, particularly in the areas of agricultural and rural development, to increase growth and reduce poverty in Africa South of the Sahara. It also examines China's rising economic involvement in Africa and makes recommendations for how the win-win outcomes from this engagement can be strengthened.– In this paper, the authors compare the trends in economic and agricultural growth, as well as poverty and hunger reduction, in China and Africa South of the Sahara. The authors then examine strategies for development – in particular agricultural and rural development – and poverty reduction. Next, the authors review China's economic engagement in Africa in the areas of trade, investment, aid, and technical cooperation.– Having conducted a comparative review of China and Africa's distinct development paths and current policy contexts, the authors discuss China's development lessons for Africa South of the Sahara and policy recommendations for China-Africa engagement related to agricultural and rural development, openness and liberalization, evidence-based policymaking, pro-poor policies, institutions and capacity, rising inequality, and environmental degradation.– This paper rigorously integrates China's positive and negative development lessons for Africa in light of the most recent research on emerging domestic and international development strategies.
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spelling CGSpace1502062025-12-08T10:29:22Z Steadying the ladder: China's agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa Chen, Kevin Z. Hsu, Claire Fan, Shenggen economic growth comparative analysis agricultural development rural development poverty industrialization This paper aims to draw lessons from China's development experiences, particularly in the areas of agricultural and rural development, to increase growth and reduce poverty in Africa South of the Sahara. It also examines China's rising economic involvement in Africa and makes recommendations for how the win-win outcomes from this engagement can be strengthened.– In this paper, the authors compare the trends in economic and agricultural growth, as well as poverty and hunger reduction, in China and Africa South of the Sahara. The authors then examine strategies for development – in particular agricultural and rural development – and poverty reduction. Next, the authors review China's economic engagement in Africa in the areas of trade, investment, aid, and technical cooperation.– Having conducted a comparative review of China and Africa's distinct development paths and current policy contexts, the authors discuss China's development lessons for Africa South of the Sahara and policy recommendations for China-Africa engagement related to agricultural and rural development, openness and liberalization, evidence-based policymaking, pro-poor policies, institutions and capacity, rising inequality, and environmental degradation.– This paper rigorously integrates China's positive and negative development lessons for Africa in light of the most recent research on emerging domestic and international development strategies. 2014 2024-08-01T02:50:59Z 2024-08-01T02:50:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150206 en Limited Access Emerald Publishing Limited Chen, Kevin Z.; Hsu, Claire; and Fan, Shenggen. 2013. Steadying the ladder: China’s agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa. China Agricultural Economic Review 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1108/caer-04-2013-0055
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Fan, Shenggen
Steadying the ladder: China's agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa
title Steadying the ladder: China's agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa
title_full Steadying the ladder: China's agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa
title_fullStr Steadying the ladder: China's agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Steadying the ladder: China's agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa
title_short Steadying the ladder: China's agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa
title_sort steadying the ladder china s agricultural and rural development engagement in africa
topic economic growth
comparative analysis
agricultural development
rural development
poverty
industrialization
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150206
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