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Cover; Africa Now; About the editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables, boxes and figures; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: peasants, the state and foreign direct investment in African agriculture; Neocolonialism or new opportunity?; The glass is neither 'half full' nor 'half empty': the need for pragmatism; Scope of the book; Changing course: harnessing foreign direct investment to transform African agriculture; PART I Overview; 1 Catalysing an agricultural revolution in Africa: what role for foreign direct investment?; Introduction; Transforming African agriculture: new opportunities.

The big picture : China and India as emerging giants. China, India and (South) Africa : what international relations in the second decade of the twenty-first century? / Timothy M. Shaw -- South-South strategic bases for Africa to engage China / Dot Keet -- India's African relations: in the shadow of China? / Sanusha Naidu -- China and India's relations with Africa : a historical perspective. China's development cooperation with Africa : historical and cultural perspectives / Liu Haifang -- Engaging Africa : India's interests in the African continent, past and present / Sanjukta Banerji Bhattacharya -- Indian development cooperation with Africa / Pranay Kumar Sinha -- China and India's growth surge in Africa. China and India's growth surge : the implications for African manufactured exports / Alemayehu Geda and Atnafu G. Meskel -- Chinese investment in African network industries : case studies from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya / Peter Draper, Tsidiso Disenyana and Gilberto Biacuana -- The role of India's private sector in the health and agricultural sectors of Africa / Renu Modi -- Navigating Chinese textile networks : women traders in Accra and Lomé / Linn Axelsson and Nina Sylvanus -- The conflict-development nexus : a precarious balance!. China and Africa : towards a new security relationship / Kwesi Aning -- The Darfur issue : a new test for China's Africa policy / He Wenping -- China and Zambia : between development and politics / Fredrick Mutesa -- The scramble for African oil and resources. African oil in the energy security calculations of China and India / Cyril Obi -- China and India in Angola / Alex Vines and Indira Campos -- The price of 'openness' : towards Chinese economic control in Zambia / Peter Kragelund -- Conclusion. Countering 'new imperialisms' : what role for the New Partnership for Africa's Development? / Fantu Cheru and Magnus Calais.

This volume provides an up-to-date and detailed tour d'horizon of the exciting diversity of new proposals and mechanisms currently being discussed in order to raise the necessary financial resources to make the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals a reality by 2015. If the MDGs to halve global poverty and significantly improve the conditions of life of the world's poor are to be met on schedule, putting in place the requisite funding is an essential component. The economists in this volume from WIDER, UNDP, and other leading institutions have contributed their analyses as part of th

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Text of the Inaugural Thandika Mkandawire Annual Memorial Lecture presented at the 3rd edition of the Social Policy in Africa Conference convened virtually from 22–24 November 2021.



Fantu Cheru, Emeritus Professor of International Political Economy, American University, Washington, DC. Email: cherufantu@gmail.com