Thursday 18 February 2010

Rogue donors, Development and Growth

Keeping with the China theme, this was in my inbox today requesting a comment. What are your thoughts?

Here are some additional thoughts on this issue. Some are strongly against rogue donors in general or only against those who blatantly violate human rights, even if indirectly, while others offer a more nuanced view of the conditions under which Chinese aid to Africa is taking place. It is interesting to see in this last article that the conditions imposed by China when providing aid to Zimbabwe - securing preferential access to infrastructure projects for Chinese companies and requiring the purchase of Chinese fertilizer- sound awfully familiar....

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