Seminar: Kinas rolle i Afrika: Dragens gave

Time: Thursday 10 June at 10.30 – 12.00 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

Competition from China’s ambitious export drive is widely regarded as closing off opportunities for entry-level industries in Africa. But is this actually the case?

Time: Thursday 10 June at 10.30 – 12.00 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

Competition from China’s ambitious export drive is widely regarded as closing off opportunities for entry-level industries in Africa. But is this actually the case?

Drawing on research published in her new book, “The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa”, Professor Deborah Brautigam, a long-time observer of China in Africa, discusses China’s engagement in African manufacturing.

How is Chinese competition actually affecting African manufacturing? Where are Chinese firms investing, what support are they getting from the Chinese government? What about the use of Chinese labor? How is this likely to affect Africa’s industrial development?

Speaker
Deborah Brautigam, Professor, American University

PROGRAMME

10.30-10.35
Introduction by Stefano Ponte, Senior Researcher, DIIS

10.35-11.15
“Juggernaut or Catalyst for African Industry? China’s New Overseas Economic Zones and Industrial Investment in Africa” by Deborah Brautigam, Professor, American University

11.15-11.30
Coffee Break

11.30-12.00
Open Discussion

IMPORTANT:
Please note that this is a rescheduled and amended seminar, originally to have taken place on Monday, 7 June 2010, 14.00-15.30, originally entitled “Five Myths of Chinese Aid in China”. If you have signed up for the seminar on 7 June, please sign up again.

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form on http://www.diis.dk/sw93248.asp

And do so no later than Wednesday, 9 June 2009 at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), The Conference Section, Strandgade 71, 1401 Kbn K, tlf. 32 69 87 51, e-mail: [email protected] og web: www.diis.dk