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Vol 3 No 6
01/04/2010

Wanted: special partners

Delhi offers cooperation, capacity building and, of course, cash in the unspoken competition with China for African hearts, minds and resources

Vol 3 No 6
01/04/2010

For Punjabi farmers, an African frontier

African missions from Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe were invited to a conference in Patiala in Punjab on 26-27 March with farmers from all over the region to examine the opportunities for utilising Indian agricultural technology and ...

Vol 3 No 3
01/01/2010

A year to mend broken promises

After a dramatic fall in its trade and investment in Africa, Beijing pledges a return to exponential growth

Vol 3 No 3
01/01/2010

Academics find holes in China's Marshall Plan

Debate within China has been raging for some time over the solution to the problem of slumping exports. One of the more controversial ideas that has been floated is a ‘Marshall Plan for Africa’ (AAC Vol 2 No 10). The idea is far from coherent, with sev...

Vol 3 No 3
01/01/2010

Deconstructing Chindia

Delhi’s diplomats show how its brand of democracy and business differs from Beijing’s

Vol 3 No 3
01/01/2010

How to manage expectations

The newish government has focused more on domestic policy but has promised to honour the previous government’s pledges to Africa

Vol 3 No 3
01/01/2010

Sitting on the fence

Taipei cannot turn to its African allies to improve lagging exports, but pins its hopes instead on reaching an understanding with Beijing

Vol 3 No 2
01/12/2009

New men for a new push

A new team of Africa policymakers in Delhi is helping companies and banks to expand their investments on the continent

Vol 3 No 2
01/12/2009

Grease for the wheels of friendship

At the India-Africa Hydrocarbon Conference in Delhi on 8 December, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna preached the benefits of 'a close alignment on major international issues and an abundance of socio-political goodwill'. Some 15 African countries...

Vol 3 No 2
01/12/2009

World Bank to link Africa and Asia

World Bank President Robert Zoellick's plan to bring the Asian hyper-economies into the international development community is now bearing fruit. On 3 December, Zoellick told London's Financial Times that Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming showed '...

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