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Vol 4 No 7
May 2011

Chasing China

Indian diplomats cannot stop talking about Chinese operations in Africa and are getting more serious about trying to outdo them

Vol 4 No 7
May 2011

Singapore is widening its net in Africa. The city-state’s trade with sub-Saharan Africa reached US$8.4 billion in 2009 and it punches above its weight in financial terms. Geographically smaller than either Mauritius or São Tomé e Príncipe, Singapore boast...

Vol 4 No 6
April 2011

Pitchers required

The World Bank’s African team dispatched a delegation to Tokyo in mid-March to boost its Japanese personnel, as part of Bank President Robert Zoellick’s ongoing reform of the institution. Some 80 economists and technical specialists are vying for an a...

Vol 4 No 6
April 2011

Station to station

Asian rail builders are changing Africa's economic geography but concerns about transparency and corruption are paramount

Vol 4 No 6
April 2011

Riding the rails

Asian-backed railway projects in Africa are linking economic zones and population centres to transform the continent's economy. Africa-Asia Confidential maps out the infrastructure boom.

Vol 4 No 6
April 2011

Building relationships

Energy is at the centre of South Korea’s strategic agenda and the Seoul government wants to improve the country’s position in the African energy market. To that end, Seoul dispatched a delegation of ministers and businessmen to a round of meetings in...

Vol 4 No 2
December 2010

Digging deeper

New Delhi wants to beat its international competitors in the race for new oil concessions by building strategic partnerships with Angola and Sudan

Vol 4 No 2
December 2010

The next big plan

Policymakers face rising expectations and criticisms of Beijing’s trade and investments in Africa

Vol 4 No 2
December 2010

How to plan the planning

The ruling Communist Party makes policy and the state bureaucracy implements it but decisions on economic strategy are taking in a wider range of opinion and expertise.

Vol 4 No 2
December 2010

Seoul’s new strategy

A new five-year aid plan sets out Seoul’s goal of matching its economic strength in the diplomatic arena

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