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    Trade and access to finance of SMEs: is there a nexus?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    Limited resources and barriers to entry are critically higher for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) than for large companies. One of the reasons explaining why the resources of SMEs are scarce is their limited access to financial services. This, in turn, reduces their likelihood of exporting.
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    Chinese agricultural entrepreneurship in Africa: case studies in Ghana and Nigeria

    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2015
    Agriculture is an important area of Chinese economic engagement in Africa. Since the 1960s, China has provided aid, sent experts, and trained African farmers. However, there is still little empirical research on recent Chinese agribusiness investments in Africa.
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    Assessing the impact of Chinese investment on Southeast Africa’s cotton: moving up the value chain?

    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2015
    An influx of Chinese and other Asian investment in Southeast Africa over the last decade has had a significant impact on the cotton-textile value chain in the region. Increased investment has changed the structure of tbe region's cotton market, increased competition in local markets, introduced new challenges for cotton producers, and affected relationships with local communities.
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    Neither ‘land grab’ nor ‘friendship farm:’ Chinese agricultural engagement in Angola

    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2015
    Chinese-Angolan agricultural cooperation can be divided into two phases, beginning in 2004.l n the first period, from 2004 to 2008, Chinese engagement focused on infrastructure construction. Since 2008, cooperation has centered on the development of comprehensive farm projects supported by credit from the China Development Bank.
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    Chinese financed hydropower projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2015
    Hydropower energy has benefits as a renewable and local source of power, but there can be significant social and environmental risks. These risks have made international banks and aid agencies reluctant to finance large hydropower projects in recent decades.
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    The political ecology of Chinese investment in Uganda: the case of Hanhe Farm

    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2014
    Hanhe Farm, located in the Nakaseke Administrative District, is the first private Chinese land-based agriculture enterprise in Uganda. This case can be used to examine the political context of land acquisition in Uganda, the ecological impact of land-use changes, and local community experiences and responses to conflicts over access to land and protection of ecological rights.
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    Chinese training courses for African officials: a “win-win” engagement?

    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2014
    As part of its growing engagement in Africa, China has become one of the world's largest providers of short-term agricultural training courses. China's training course model differs from most other traditional donors in that it almost exclusively targets government officials.
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    Chinese agricultural engagement in Zambia: a grassroots analysis

    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2015
    Recent focus on large-scale Chinese investments in African agriculture has fueled popular misperceptions of Chinese "land grabs" and has overshadowed another unexplored-and perhaps more significant-phenomenon: the rise of medium-scale private Chinese farmers and rural entrepreneurs.
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    International drivers of Brazilian agricultural cooperation in Africa in the post-2008 economic crisis

    Future Agricultures Consortium, 2015
    Recent international political and economic developments have had an ambiguous impact on the course of and prospects for Brazilian agricultural cooperation in Africa.
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    World Centre for Sustainable Development / RIO+ Centre

    The World Centre for Sustainable Development (RIO+ Centre) was established as a legacy of the Rio+20 Conference to keep the commitment to inclusive and sustainable development alive.

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