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"Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance priorities at the Third FOCAC Summit in Beijing in 2006. This systematic comparative study of agricultural development in China and Africa provides a unique basis for African countries and international organizations seeking to understand agricultural development in China, and for China to understand agricultural development on the African continent. The book highlights experiences and lessons from China and, in particular, analyzes why Africa has not yet been able to emulate China's agricultural development trajectory. It compares the similarities and discrepancies in conditions, processes, and outcomes between China and Africa from the perspectives of investment, science and technology, policies and international development aid. Based on this it explores which experiences and lessons from China's agriculture development can be shared with African countries in order to contribute to the sustainable improvement and transformation of African agriculture. It does not claim that China has all of the answers, but while recognizing the diversity within both China and Africa, concludes that much can be gained from such a comparison."--Provided by publisher.

AbstractRecent assessments by Sumner and Kanbur argue that a substantial number of the world's poor currently live in middle income countries (MICs). Many of this new bottom billion live in two countries, India and China. The authors of the new bottom billion approach stress the importance of understanding the nature of poverty in these two crucial MICs. In this paper, we respond to this by examining current patterns of poverty in contemporary China, focusing on areas of ongoing and emerging poverty. We focus in particular on the ways in which forms of poverty emerging in recent years' poverty can be addressed during the current rebalancing phase in China's industrialisation and on what policies need to be implemented for this to occur. Our assessment is based on recent data and information available from Chinese Government Ministries, the National Statistical Bureau and Chinese research institutes and academies. It also refers to qualitative research undertaken in Chinese villages in several provinces, resulting from our involvement in various poverty assessments undertaken by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the International Poverty Reduction Center in China. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This article aims to investigate the recent evolution of China's development policy and practice. More precisely, how do China's policymakers and practitioners understand and debate China's role in international development, specifically in the context of the global Covid-19 pandemic? China's growing development activities overseas, particularly in the African continent, have spurred intense debate over its role as a rising power in international development. China is viewed in the West both as a threat and as a valuable potential partner in development cooperation. However, differences between Western and Chinese conceptions of development have complicated cooperation and understanding of China's development policy. Further understanding of these differences is needed, in order to evaluate their implications for low-income countries, and for potential trilateral cooperation.

Chinese Agriculture Technology Demonstration Centres (ATDC) in Africa are designed to be aid programmes managed by business-driven entities to operate into the future without requiring subsidies from the Chinese government. Such an arrangement requires Chinese staff to perform dual roles as aid workers and businesspeople. This leads to blurred identities and roles among Chinese actors, and misunderstandings among local Zimbabwean partners. The blurred line between aid and business has created misperceptions and tensions among the different actors. Nonetheless, the ATDCs offer an alternative model of aid that deserves further empirical examination. (China/GIGA)