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China Africa relations
African Economic Research Consortium, 2008This study analyses the extent of China’s trade, foreign investment and aid in Kenya. The specific objectives of this study are to determine the size, composition and significance of Kenya’s exports to China, the composition and significance of imports of Kenya from China, and the composition and significance of Chinese investment in Kenya.DocumentChina-Africa economic relations: the case of Zambia
African Economic Research Consortium, 2008The paper aims to provide information on the size, structure and significance of China-Zambia relations. It specifically studies the nature and scope of Chinese investment in Zambia, the pattern and magnitude of trade between China and Zambia.DocumentCereal offenders: how the G8 has contributed to the global food crisis, and what they can do to stop it
ActionAid International, 2008Three years after the G8 pledged to ‘make poverty history’, the current global food crisis has left close to a quarter of the world’s population lacking basic food security. In this policy brief, Actionaid calls on G8 leaders to take bold steps in Hokkaido to prevent world hunger spiralling further out of control.DocumentFertiliser subsidies and sustainable agricultural growth in Africa: current issues and empirical evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2008The role of input subsidies in stimulating growth and addressing food security and poverty alleviation objectives has re-emerged as an important debate in agricultural policy.DocumentAid for trade in developing countries : complex linkages for real effectiveness
Agence française de développement, 2008This working paper presents the various aid-for-trade (AfT) categories. It analyses the linkages between foreign direct investment, AfT and development. It also presents a typology of trade-related needs for a panel of countries, to assist formulating aid supply strategies.DocumentFood aid and the WTO: can new rules be effective?
Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, 2008Food aid is on the menu at the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) Round of World Trade Organisation negotiations. A potential new WTO agreement is almost certain to contain rules that will limit the circumstances under which food aid will be allowed.DocumentGreater Africa-China economic cooperation: will this widen ‘policy space’?
Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2008By the end of 2007, the Chinese Import-Export Bank had approved a total of US$ 23.9 bn in loans to Africa. Western donors have expressed significant concerns about China's growing influence Africa. This paper suggests that Africa has, in fact, the potential to benefit from economic cooperation with China.OrganisationPeterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy.DocumentThe Malawi fertiliser subsidy programme: politics and pragmatism
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2008Food insecurity in Malawi has become endemic, with around 70-80% of rural households short of self-produced staple foods for four to five months of the year. This Future Agricultures brief reviews the Malawian government's Fertiliser Subsidy Programme (FSP), introduced in 2005/2006 as a means of attempting to tackle the ever-pressing food crisis.DocumentGlobal monitoring report 2008: MDGs and the environment: agenda for inclusive and sustainable development
World Bank Research, 2008This report assesses progress and priorities in the development and environmental agenda to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also addresses the interrelated challenges of development and environmental sustainability. Based on its assessment, the report sets out an integrated agenda for development that aims to be inclusive and sustainable.Pages
