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Can China Trigger Economic Growth in Africa?

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  • Jean-Claude Maswana

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This paper tests the exports to China-led growth and imports from China-led growth hypotheses using Toda-Yamamoto's version of Granger non-causality combined with Johannes's cointegration and bootstrap diagnostic tests. The findings seemingly downplay the importance of the export-led growth hypothesis while suggesting that Africa might benefit from China's growth through technology-embodied capital good imports. In this sense, the findings support recent views that the gains from global trade depend less on the mere effects of trading than on the ability of countries to appropriately position themselves along the global value chain.

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  • Jean-Claude Maswana, 2009. "Can China Trigger Economic Growth in Africa?," Chinese Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(2), pages 91-105, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:chinec:v:42:y:2009:i:2:p:91-105
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    1. Maswana, Jean-Claude, 2010. "Will China’s Recovery Affect Africa’s Prospects for Economic Growth?," Working Papers 19, JICA Research Institute.
    2. Forson, Joseph Ato & Braimah, Awaisu Imurana & Awoonor, Akorkor Kehinde, 2016. "African Perceptions of Donor Agencies: Emerging developments in Sino-African relations," MPRA Paper 102171, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 18 Jan 2019.
    3. Mina Baliamoune-Lutz, 2011. "Growth by Destination (Where You Export Matters): Trade with China and Growth in African Countries," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 23(2), pages 202-218.
    4. Lucy Corkin, 2011. "Redefining Foreign Policy Impulses toward Africa: The Roles of the MFA, the MOFCOM and China Exim Bank," Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China aktuell, Institute of Asian Studies, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 40(4), pages 61-90.
    5. Bert Jacobs, 2011. "A Dragon and a Dove? A Comparative Overview of Chinese and European Trade Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China aktuell, Institute of Asian Studies, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 40(4), pages 17-60.
    6. Sabina Kummer‐Noormamode, 2014. "Does Trade with China Have an Impact on African Countries' Growth?," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 26(2), pages 397-415, June.
    7. Akorkor Kehinde Awoonor & Joseph Ato Forson, 2020. "African Perceptions of Trade Partners: A Ghanaian and Togolese Perspective of Sino-African Relations," Insight on Africa, , vol. 12(2), pages 104-128, July.

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