Panel 76, European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2007, 11-14 July in Leiden, the Netherlands.
"The role of China and India in Africa"
This panel would be organized with the EADI working groups on Industrial development and study all elements of China’s presence in Africa: its role in digging up raw materials, in building road and other infrastructure and in exporting products to the continent. It would be organized jointly the EADI working groups on Industrial development and other groups in the framework of similar regional associations such as ICDA. The panel will be a follow-up to the Workshop "The rapid industrialization of China and India: Domestic and International Consequences" at the University of Antwerp, March, 31 - April, 1, 2006. The idea behind that workshop was to deal with the threat of the rapid industrialisation of China and India for developing countries in general and Africa in particular. China's and India's emergence as world players in the global economy has important implications for them. Given the large number of participants in Antwerp the organizers had chosen the right topic at the right moment. While Europe is protecting its textile and leather sector for Chinese imports, African and Latin American countries suffer even more. Some case studies dealt with these issues, like the ones presented on Ethiopia (Tegegne Egziabher) and one case study on the impact of China on mergers.
