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Identifying Forward and Backward Linkages From China's Infrastructure Investment in Africa
Ehizuelen Omoruyi
Jan 01, 2021
The continent of Africa must industrialize to eradicate poverty and create jobs for its 12 million African youth who join its workforce yearly. One of the major factors hindering industrialization has been the insufficient stock...
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Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in Africa Through Lessons From East Asia's Experience
Ehizuelen Omoruyi
Jul 01, 2021
Notably, East Asian Economies successfully capitalized on shifts in their age structures to gain a boost in economic productivity, a phenomenon known as the demographic dividend. Nowadays, despite the hitherto sluggish pace of...
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China's Shifting Labour-Intensive Manufacturing Firms to Africa
Ezihuelen Omoruyi
Jul 01, 2021
The paper aims to bring attention to the vital phenomenon of China’s factory relocation to Africa, with a special focus on Ethiopia and Rwanda. As such, the paper asks: can the surge in wages in China decisively lead to the...
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China's Infrastructure Financing and the Role of Infrastructure in Awakening African Economies
Michael Ehizuelen
Jul 01, 2021
African economies, through Agenda 2063, recognize that developing infrastructure – transport, electricity, energy, water, and e-connectivity – will be critical for the region to assume a lasting place in the global economic...
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