Urbanisation in Africa and China
As African countries experience rapid urbanisation, there is a need to ensure that this process is well managed, and underpinned by...
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As African countries experience rapid urbanisation, there is a need to ensure that this process is well managed, and underpinned by...
The IDS China Centre, part of the IDS International Initiatives, provides research focus on a country transforming global geopolitics...
IDS, including the IDS Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development, is the UK Anchor Institution for the China International Development Research Network (CIDRN), funded by the FCDO.
The study aimed to generate knowledge on what is the best way that Africa can benefit from China's strong economic engagement with the continent.
This research seeks to assess the impact of China’s growing economic relationships in Latin America and Africa in the context of a major structural shift in the global political economy; ‘South-South dialogue’; and sustainable development strategies addressing poverty alleviation and reduced inequality.
China is now the African continent's biggest trading partner, and also involved in a wide range of development cooperation projects including in agriculture, health and social policy. The Rising Powers in International Development Programme is looking at the growing role of China in the field of international development cooperation.
The goal of the project was to promote the development of research networks in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia working on the Asian Drivers theme: the impact of China and India on other parts of the developing world.
This three-institution network focused on three global governance areas: climate change/energy, innovation and low carbon development, and development cooperation.
The Rising Powers in International Development Programme is looking at the growing role of business from the BRICS countries in the field of international development cooperation.
This project, funded by the Chinese Government's Ministry Of Commerce, is aimed at addressing how IDA is given to developing countries (particularly Africa) and if there are ways of improving China's development assistance to create opportunities for independent development.