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Chinese and African migrant entrepreneur's articulation shaped by African agency

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Much has been written on the relationship of China and Africa in the past decade. However, the subject of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Africa and their articulation with African counterparts was little explored up to the early 2010s. Apparently, this research gap has been closed, as shown by four publications in recent years: three edited volumes and one monography, focusing on this subject. In view of early prejudices on the passive or even disapproving reception of Chinese migrants by Africans, the state of the art underlines the importance and scope of African agency vis à vis Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Africa. This has been underlined unison in the four books under review.

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  • Kohnert, Dirk, 2017. "Chinese and African migrant entrepreneur's articulation shaped by African agency," EconStor Preprints 301070, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:esprep:301070
    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1310065
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    1. Edwin Lin, 2014. "Chinese Migrants and Africa's Development: New Imperialists or Agents of Change?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(12), pages 1736-1737, December.
    2. Kohnert, Dirk, 2010. "Are the Chinese in Africa more innovative than the Africans ? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants‘ Cultures of Innovation," OSF Preprints tr6b8, Center for Open Science.
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    Keywords

    migrant entrepreneur; Chinese in Africa; African migrants; Sub-Saharan Africa; African agency; petty trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • N47 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Africa; Oceania

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