Comments on: China in Africa myths and realities http://aidwatchers.com/2010/02/china-in-africa-myths-and-realities/ just asking that aid benefit the poor Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fourdayswisdom http://aidwatchers.com/2010/02/china-in-africa-myths-and-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-9114 fourdayswisdom Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:01:05 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2664#comment-9114 Thank goodness China is in a position to ignore all the preachy western critics, who have no personal experience of poverty, are blinded by their own liberal-democracy propapanda and have achieved almost zilch themselves for Africa in five decades. Ignore them, China, and go on building those roads, bridges, railways, airports, hospitals and ports. Chinese infrastructure could be the growth launchpad Africa has so long lacked. Thank goodness China is in a position to ignore all the preachy western critics, who have no personal experience of poverty, are blinded by their own liberal-democracy propapanda and have achieved almost zilch themselves for Africa in five decades. Ignore them, China, and go on building those roads, bridges, railways, airports, hospitals and ports. Chinese infrastructure could be the growth launchpad Africa has so long lacked.

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]]> By: Vacation, Good Reads « peter in mali http://aidwatchers.com/2010/02/china-in-africa-myths-and-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-8993 Vacation, Good Reads « peter in mali Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:27:49 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2664#comment-8993 [...] Aid Watch, there is a post discussing the facts and myths of China’s increasing presence in Africa. As [...] [...] Aid Watch, there is a post discussing the facts and myths of China’s increasing presence in Africa. As [...]

]]> By: T J Wheeler http://aidwatchers.com/2010/02/china-in-africa-myths-and-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-8986 T J Wheeler Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:30:56 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2664#comment-8986 For more on China-Africa http://errwhateverz.com/2009/11/10/wicutia%e2%80%a6-what-the-focac/ For more on China-Africa

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]]> By: Extra! Extra! China’s work in Africa, credit risk and water pollution levels :: Shanghaiist | Manufacturer China http://aidwatchers.com/2010/02/china-in-africa-myths-and-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-8984 Extra! Extra! China’s work in Africa, credit risk and water pollution levels :: Shanghaiist | Manufacturer China Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:17:31 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2664#comment-8984 [...] A lot of China’s work in Africa has been called everything from “rogue donating” that “hurts ordinary system,” but there are a lot of myths and half-truths that need to be addressed before we can accurately assess what they’re actually doing there. [Aidwatch] [...] [...] A lot of China’s work in Africa has been called everything from “rogue donating” that “hurts ordinary system,” but there are a lot of myths and half-truths that need to be addressed before we can accurately assess what they’re actually doing there. [Aidwatch] [...]

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]]> By: Extra! Extra! China’s work in Africa, credit risk and water pollution levels | Manufacturer China http://aidwatchers.com/2010/02/china-in-africa-myths-and-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-8981 Extra! Extra! China’s work in Africa, credit risk and water pollution levels | Manufacturer China Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:15:04 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2664#comment-8981 [...] A lot of China’s work in Africa has been called everything from “rogue donating” that “hurts ordinary system,” but there are a lot of myths and half-truths that need to be addressed before we can accurately assess what they’re actually doing there. [Aidwatch] [...] [...] A lot of China’s work in Africa has been called everything from “rogue donating” that “hurts ordinary system,” but there are a lot of myths and half-truths that need to be addressed before we can accurately assess what they’re actually doing there. [Aidwatch] [...]

]]> By: China in Africa Myths and Realities | China Elections and Governance http://aidwatchers.com/2010/02/china-in-africa-myths-and-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-8980 China in Africa Myths and Realities | China Elections and Governance Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:59:15 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2664#comment-8980 [...] reading at aidwatchers.com. Random PostsFebruary 8, 2010 -- Minxin Pei: The Real Lessons from the Google-China SpatDecember [...] [...] reading at aidwatchers.com. Random PostsFebruary 8, 2010 — Minxin Pei: The Real Lessons from the Google-China SpatDecember [...]

]]> By: Chris O'Keefe http://aidwatchers.com/2010/02/china-in-africa-myths-and-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-8979 Chris O'Keefe Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:15:53 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2664#comment-8979 Anne- I haven't seen this book, but I'm skeptical that she actually has decent data on Chinese aid, since aid data from non-Western donors has been pretty spotty so far. The PLAID (soon to be rebranded "<a href="http://www.aiddata.org/" title="AidData" rel="nofollow"></a>) database has some good coverage on non-Western (primarily Arab) donors as well, although I'm not sure how you'd test hypotheses about the role of donor discourse on aid allocation. As a starting point on the Arab donors, I'd start with the chapter in his 2003 book (The Pattern of Aid Giving). There are lots of citations there. Richard Manning and Ngaire Woods both have pieces on "emerging donors", but given the paucity of data, these are as impressionistic as anything Brautigam is criticizing. Anne-
I haven’t seen this book, but I’m skeptical that she actually has decent data on Chinese aid, since aid data from non-Western donors has been pretty spotty so far. The PLAID (soon to be rebranded “) database has some good coverage on non-Western (primarily Arab) donors as well, although I’m not sure how you’d test hypotheses about the role of donor discourse on aid allocation.

As a starting point on the Arab donors, I’d start with the chapter in his 2003 book (The Pattern of Aid Giving). There are lots of citations there. Richard Manning and Ngaire Woods both have pieces on “emerging donors”, but given the paucity of data, these are as impressionistic as anything Brautigam is criticizing.

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