Europe and China can learn from each other in Africa

Can Europe and China learn from each other in Africa? DIIS senior researcher, Luke Patey, and Zhang Chun, a senior fellow at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, think so. Europe can learn from China’s economic engagement in Africa in terms of opening up new markets for exports. Meanwhile, some Chinese experts and policy makers are piloting more targeted and sustainable poverty-reduction programmes, working with western and African partners such as Tanzania and Liberia.But the inherent danger is that trade and investment will be pushed forward without proper consideration for development goals – at the cost of ordinary Africans.

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