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Book SynopsisExplaining the determinants of China and India’s development cooperation in Africa cannot be achieved in simple terms. After collecting over 1000 development cooperation projects by China and India in Africa using AidData, this book applies the method of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to understand the motives behind their development cooperation. Mthembu posits that neither China nor India were solely motivated by one causal factor, whether strategic, economic or humanitarian interests or the size of their diaspora in Africa. China and India are driven by multiple and conjunctural factors in providing more development cooperation to some countries than others on the African continent. Only when some of these respective causal factors are combined is it evident that both countries disbursed high levels of development cooperation to some African countries.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: The Changing Development Cooperation Landscape
Chapter 2. Conceptual Framework and the Importance of Consistent Definitions
Chapter 3. An Overview of China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa
Chapter 4. Theoretical Foundations of the Determinants of Development Cooperation
Chapter 5. Methodology and the Operationalisation of Variables
Causal Variable 1: Strategic importance of recipients
Causal Variable 2: Economic importance of recipients
Causal Variable 3: Humanitarian needs of recipients
Causal Variable 4: The size of the Chinese and Indian diaspora in Africa
Chapter 6. Explaining the Determinants of China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa
Chapter 7. Conclusion and Opportunities for Further Research
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