The ambivalent impact of commodities: Structural change or status quo in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Sindzingre, Alice Nicole

doi:10.1080/10220461.2013.780327

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“…The central channel from commodity dependency to lock-in effects is the lower investment level. 63 Others are more optimistic about possibilities to create linkages, diversify economies and industrialise out of commodity-based exports. In particular, there is seen to be potential to diversify based on the soft commodity sector (primarily agriculture).…”

Section: Structural Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Alice Sindzingre shows that African exports to a number of the main trading partners, traditional as well as new, have become increasingly one-sided over the last decade. 17 For many economies of SSA, exports comprise 80% and more of oil, with minerals in second place.…”

Section: Structural Preconditions and Shiftsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1 The other story claims that, as inequalities are rapidly rising, poverty will not diminish substantially, and African countries will be pushed further into their commodity export dependency, which includes poverty traps. 2 It is widely agreed that socio-economic development in low-income African countries demands structural transformation, as well as the diversification of economies. Current growth in Africa is mainly driven by energy and mineral exports.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Structural improvements in Sub-Saharan economies

Hårsmar

2014

South African Journal of International Affairs

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Hårsmar

2014

South African Journal of International Affairs

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“…См. также: [Sindzingre 2013]. шла на «лидирующие позиции среди доноров в целом ряде стран» [Дегтерев, Ли Янь, Трусова, Черняев 2018: 900].…”

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Paris vs. Beijing: Confrontation on the African Continent

Philippov

2020

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Meždunar. otnoš.

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The subject of this study is the competitive relations in the political and economic spheres that have developed on the African continent in the 21st century between the French Republic and the People’s Republic of China. The author focuses on the main conflict-generating factors that caused the latent confrontation between the two countries that arose in the face of a changing geopolitical situation in the world in general and in Africa in particular. The methodological basis of this study is the comparative historical method; the work is based on the principles of historicism, reliability and scientific objectivity. Using the method of historical reconstruction allowed the author to trace the dynamics of relations between France and China over the past two decades. The work is based on the study of factual historical material, a chronicle of the events of the last decade; analytical materials published on the pages of French and Russian mass media were used. The author concludes that the basis of the conflict between Paris and Beijing lies in the desire of the Champs Elysees not only to preserve the political, economic and military-strategic preferences of France in the countries that were formerly colonies of the French Empire, but also to protect French interests in the English-speaking countries of East Africa. The rapid growth of China’s influence on the African continent, the ever more obvious expansion of the Heavenly Empire into the economies of African countries, forces France to change the paradigm of its foreign policy. If the predecessors of E. Macron, denying in words the policy of “Françafrique”, relied on the use of military force and covert operations of the French security services then the current head of the Fifth Republic in his relations with African countries prefers to use his resources on “soft power” politics. The experience gained by E. Macron during his first (not very successful) African tour in 2017 prompted him to change the tone of communication with the leaders of African countries from patronically arrogant to friendly and trusting.

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“…When OFDI takes place in the host countries of Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, European, and North America (Buckley et al, 2007;Philippe Gugler & Bertram Boie, 2008), it is coded 1, denoting market-seeking orientation of strategy. When OFDIs take place in host areas such as Middle Asia, Saudi Arabia, Africa, Oceania, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, India, and Russia (Ruben, 2012;Buckley et al, 2007;Sindzingre, 2013;Yun, 2014), it is coded 0, denoting a resource-seeking orientation. According to 'World Economic Outlook (2015), the economic development of each host country is also classified and measured by two dummy variables denoting advanced economies (1,0), developing economies(0,1), or least developed economies (0,0).…”

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The OFDI patterns and firm performance of Chinese firms: The moderating effects of multinationality strategy and external factors

Clegg

Lin

Voss

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International Business Review

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The purpose of this paper is to examine how multinationality strategy, home political influence, and host-country risk explain the performance consequences of OFDI patterns of firms in the most important emerging economy, China. Two main patterns of OFDI ('born global' natured multiple simultaneous and IP-natured gradually growing) have been dominant in China during its first OFDI as a latecomer. In contrast to the conventional IP argument, we hypothesize that the multiple simultaneous pattern of a born-global nature leads to better performance. We also hypothesize that firm multinationality strategy and home political influence play greater roles in enhancing the performance effect of the multiple simultaneous pattern than another pattern, i.e. IP-natured gradually growing pattern. Using panel data of 4,619 observations from 261 Chinese publicly listed firms from 1991-2011, we find a superior performance effect for the multiple simultaneous pattern. Further, we find a greater moderating effect of firm multinationality strategy and home political influence affecting the OFDI and performance relationship undertaken by the multiple simultaneous pattern than by the gradually growing pattern. Our study extends understanding of OFDI patterns in emerging economies and suggests that the analysis of performance consequences should focus on external and firm factors that may facilitate the performance effect.

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The ambivalent impact of commodities: Structural change or status quo in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Cited by 22 publications

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Structural improvements in Sub-Saharan economies

Structural improvements in Sub-Saharan economies

Paris vs. Beijing: Confrontation on the African Continent

The OFDI patterns and firm performance of Chinese firms: The moderating effects of multinationality strategy and external factors

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