Beyond Official Development Assistance

This book investigates China's contemporary development cooperation mentality and modality through the case of its agricultural engagement with Africa. It identifies three models, namely traditional agro-aid, innovative agro-aid and agribusiness models, of Chinese current agro-development cooperation with Africa, and unpacks the different models by tracing their historical origins and examining the actual practice based on project-level fieldwork conducted in Mozambique and South Africa. The book provides a preliminary and qualitative evaluation of China's current agro-development cooperation with Africa, and explains the 'implementation gaps' as observed on the ground adopting a public policy approach. It also compares the Chinese way of development cooperation with that of the traditional donors (particularly the OECD-DAC members), and calls for a broadening understanding for international development cooperation that can allow win-win ideology and embrace diversified cooperation forms beyond the official development assistance (ODA).

Analyzes the key distinguishing factors between Chinese aid and Western aid Uses interviews and fieldwork to uncover the changing face of Chinese aid in Africa Offers perspectives on the future of the relationship between China and Africa

Autorentext

Lu Jiang is a research fellow of the International Development Cooperation Academy based at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, and a research associate with Fudan Development Institute in Shanghai. She gained her PhD degree in International Relations at London School of Economics and Political Science.

Klappentext

This book investigates Chinäs contemporary development cooperation mentality and modality through the case of its agricultural engagement with Africa. It identifies three models, namely traditional agro-aid, innovative agro-aid and agribusiness models, of Chinese current agro-development cooperation with Africa, and unpacks the different models by tracing their historical origins and examining the actual practice based on project-level fieldwork conducted in Mozambique and South Africa. The book provides a preliminary and qualitative evaluation of Chinäs current agro-development cooperation with Africa, and explains the implementation gaps as observed on the ground adopting a public policy approach. It also compares the Chinese way of development cooperation with that of the traditional donors (particularly the OECD-DAC members), and calls for a broadening understanding for international development cooperation that can allow win-win ideology and embrace diversified cooperation forms beyond the official development assistance (ODA).

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Tracing the Root of China's Contemporary Agro-development Cooperation with Africa: A Historical Review.- 3. China's Agro-development Cooperation with Africa: The Innovative Agro-aid Model.- 4. China's Agro-development Cooperation with Africa: The Agribusiness Model.- 5. Practical Challenges of Chinese 'Package' Model of Development Cooperation: A Public Policy Implementation Approach.- 6. Conclusion.