This event took place on 18th July 2007
Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
With 20% of the world’s population, China is now the world’s second-largest economy and the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. India will have the world’s largest population by 2030, and has also grown very rapidly. It is less globalised than China, but is rapidly becoming more integrated into the global economy.
If current trends continue these two economies will transform the global economy, but with what implications for Africa?
Some of the opportunities such as increased trade and investment are easily recognised. But the threats are often less obvious and more indirect in nature. China’s manufactured exports crowd African producers out of global markets and the potential
offered by booming raw material prices often leads to war, instability and corruption. The quest for Africa’s resources undermines global pressures promoting good governance.
This lecture will provide a synopsis of the range of challenges which China and India pose to SSA, and identify some of the ways in which opportunities can be maximised and threats minimised.
With 20% of the world’s population, China is now the world’s second-largest economy and the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. India will have the world’s largest population by 2030, and has also grown very rapidly. It is less globalised than China, but is rapidly becoming more integrated into the global economy.
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