The Chinisation of Africa: The Case of Angola

Aguilar, Renato; Goldstein, Andrea

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“…In addition, we observe in practice that the absence of policy and debt sustainability conditionality is indeed not equivalent to a lack of control on how projects are advancing: evidence suggests that Chinese officials especially are very demanding when it comes to the use and implementation of their credit lines (Aguilar and Goldstein, 2009). …”

Section: Ii11 a Lack Of Conditionality But Other Modes Of Controlmentioning

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Recalibrating Development Co-operation

Saidi¹,

Wolf²

2011

OECD Development Centre Working Papers

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Section: Ii11 a Lack Of Conditionality But Other Modes Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 85%

Recalibrating Development Co-operation

Saidi¹,

Wolf²

2011

OECD Development Centre Working Papers

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“…The main problems encountered by private Chinese enterprises were corrupt local government officials and getting visas for Chinese workers, both being mentioned by more than 40% of the private enterprises. 2 Revaluation of the RMB, Ugandan Shilling exchange fluctuations and a belief that local workers stole things were mentioned by 30% of respondents. These financial issues could affect their motivation for increasing their levels of investment.…”

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Warmerdam and van DijkWhat’s Your Story? Chinese Private Enterprises in Kampala, Uganda

Warmerdam

Dijk

2016

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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China has been engaged with Africa since the 1956. Following the domestic economic reforms of 1978, politically and ideologically motivated engagement gave way to economically and commercially driven cooperation. Successive waves of reforms in China have made the engagement more economically and commercially driven. Initially China's engagement with Africa in general was dominated by China's stateowned enterprises. More recently private enterprises have entered the arena.In discussions on China-Africa, China is often presented as a single actor. In fact, there are many 'Chinas' in Africa. More nuanced literature has disaggregated 'China' in Africa into different actors. With regard to China's economic cooperation, the literature has either focused on its state-owned enterprises or the impacts of its commercial relations on local African business and populations. This paper intends to contribute to the growing literature on Chinese private enterprises in Africa. It provides a characterization of Chinese private companies in Kampala, Uganda, based on a recent survey of 42 Chinese enterprises there. It will present the data, analysis and stories of how and when they came, what problems they encountered and how these were solved based on the in-depth interviews that were carried out. The paper will show that many of these companies are relatively small, recent entrants in Uganda, motivated by the potential of the markets and increasingly facing problems with the authorities concerning their visas and work permits. It will be concluded that life for these private enterprises in Uganda is becoming gradually more difficult. There will be a shaking out of the companies that do not provide positive contributions to the local economy and society in general. This leaves many, especially smaller, Chinese private entrepreneurs uncertain about their future in Uganda.

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“…The most famous case is Tata, which groups dozens of firms in almost every sector, each of them applying a series of groupwide principles established over more than a century of existence (Goldstein, 2009). In most cases, they belong to diversified familycontrolled business groups and operate according to a different logic than traditional western companies.…”

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“…; Tata has reduced the number and range of sectors in which it is active, but has also continued to explore new possibilities and promote interesting business (Goldstein, 2009). Clusters of business groups in India formed around ethnic, religious and social communities: for example, the Marwaris of Rajasthan created businesses in Bengal and elsewhere; the Gujeratis in the West, the Chettiars in the South, etc.…”

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The Political Economy of Global Business: the Case of the BRICs

Goldstein

2013

Global Policy

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Gaining greater knowledge of the characteristics of large firms that dominate the global economy is an inherently important endeavour. Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC economies) have gained influence in the global economy and this is reflected in the increasing weight of their companies in Fortune Global 500 rankings. Uneven access to data and information makes understanding the strategy, structure, ownership and performance of large business an ambitious programme of research. The BRIC economies are different from each other and this is also true as far as the heights of their respective business worlds are considered. But they also share some crucial features: concentrated ownership, with governments and families at the helm, diversification and internationalisation.

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The Chinisation of Africa: The Case of Angola

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Recalibrating Development Co-operation

Recalibrating Development Co-operation

Warmerdam and van DijkWhat’s Your Story? Chinese Private Enterprises in Kampala, Uganda

The Political Economy of Global Business: the Case of the BRICs

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