The Political Economy of Chinese FDI and Spillover Effects in Africa

What are the impacts of Chinese investment in Africa? Is it transforming economic development on the continent? This book is different from many other studies of this issue, as it unpacks the 'black box' of technological and learning spillover effects from Chinese firms to others. Rather than using econometric tools, which has now become a standard approach and come with their own set of challenges, the authors investigate the interactions between Chinese investors and African firms in terms of the transfer of technology and learning and explain why such interactions are rare. Only by understanding the reasons behind this rarity can approaches be developed to promote spillovers.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction and overview.- Chapter 2. Spillovers and the effects of FDI: The overview.- Chapter 3. China-Africa spillovers: The literature review.- Chapter 4. Eurocentrism, FDI and spillovers: Conceptual and methodological challenges.- Chapter 5. Institutional and cultural obstacles of Chinese spillover effects in Angola.- Chapter 6. The institutional and political dimensions of FDI spillovers in Zambia.- Chapter 7. Chinese investors in Zambia and Angola: Motives, Profile, Strategies.- Chapter 8. Chinese manufacturing companies in Zambia: Linkages vs. enclaves.- Chapter 9. Image of Chinese Investments and long-term projects in African and Chinese Media.

Product details

• Assisted by: Pádraig Carmody (Editor), Dominik Kopi¿ski (Editor), Dominik Kopinski (Editor), Ian Taylor (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2025
• EAN: 9783031387173
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3138717-3
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 15 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 381 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 276 p. 13 illus., 6 illus. in color.
• Series: International Political Economy Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy