Africa's Shadow Rise : China and the Mirage of African Economic Development (Paperback)

1. Africa Rising: Rhetoric or Reality? 2. Unpacking Sino-African Power Relations: Is Agency the Appropriate Analytical Lens? 3. China's Interests and Impacts in Southern Africa 4. Towards Convergence and Cooperation in the Global Development Finance Regime: The End of African Agency? 5. China's Impact on Local Economic Development: The Zambian Case 6. Resource-based Development via Local Content Policies? Institutional Impediments to Resource-led Development in Zambia 7. Debt Trap Diplomacy or Structural Transformation? The Belt and Road Initiative in Africa Conclusion