China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa: The Rise of Southern Powers (International Political Economy Series)

Explaining the determinants of China and India’s development cooperation in Africa cannot be achieved in simple terms. After collecting over 1000 development cooperation projects by China and India in Africa using AidData, this book applies the method of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to understand the motives behind their development cooperation. Mthembu posits that neither China nor India were solely motivated by one causal factor, whether strategic, economic or humanitarian interests or the size of their diaspora in Africa. China and India are driven by multiple and conjunctural factors in providing more development cooperation to some countries than others on the African continent. Only when some of these respective causal factors are combined is it evident that both countries disbursed high levels of development cooperation to some African countries. This book offers an explanation of the determinants of China and India's development cooperation in Africa. After collecting over one thousand development cooperation projects by China and India in Africa between 2000 and the present day with the assistance of AidData, it applies the method of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). The author posits that neither China nor India were solely motivated by one causal factor, whether strategic interests, economic interests, humanitarian interests, or the size of the diaspora. Indeed China and India are driven by multiple and conjunctural causal factors in providing more development cooperation to some countries than others on the African continent. The findings demonstrate the social complexity of the determinants of development cooperation. Indeed only when some of these respective causal factors are combined is it evident that China and India disbursed high levels of development cooperation to some African countries.-- Provided by publisher This book offers an explanation of the determinants of China and India's development cooperation in Africa. After collecting over one thousand development cooperation projects by China and India in Africa between 2000 and the present day with the assistance of AidData, it applies the method of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). The author posits that neither China nor India were solely motivated by one causal factor, whether strategic interests, economic interests, humanitarian interests, or the size of the diaspora. Indeed China and India are driven by multiple and conjunctural causal factors in providing more development cooperation to some countries than others on the African continent. The findings demonstrate the social complexity of the determinants of development cooperation. Indeed only when some of these respective causal factors are combined is it evident that China and India disbursed high levels of development cooperation to some African countries. -- Back cover "Explaining the determinants of China and India's development cooperation in Africa cannot be achieved in simple terms. After collecting over 1000 development cooperation projects by China and India using AidData, this book applies the method of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to understand the motives behind their development cooperation. Mthembu posits that neither China nor India were solely motivated by one causal factor, whether strategic, economic, humanitarian interests, or the size of their diaspora in Africa. China and India are driven by multiple and conjunctural factors in providing more development cooperation to some countries than others on the Africa continent. Only when some of these respective causal factors are combined is it evident that both countries disbursed high levels of development cooperation to some African countries"--Back cover Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction: The Changing Development Cooperation Landscape (Philani Mthembu)....Pages 1-14 Conceptual Framework and the Importance of Consistent Definitions (Philani Mthembu)....Pages 15-27 An Overview of China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa (Philani Mthembu)....Pages 29-53 Theoretical Foundations of the Determinants of Development Cooperation (Philani Mthembu)....Pages 55-73 Methodology and the Operationalisation of Variables (Philani Mthembu)....Pages 75-110 Explaining the Determinants of China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa (Philani Mthembu)....Pages 111-139 Conclusion and Opportunities for Further Research (Philani Mthembu)....Pages 141-147 Back Matter ....Pages 149-193 Philani Mthembu. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 179-187) And Index.