| ID | 139006 |
| Title Proper | Towards convergence and cooperation in the global development finance regime |
| Other Title Information | closing Africa's policy space? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kragelund , Peter |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The revival of China's interest in Africa is often highlighted as being an opportunity to provide African governments with a choice between development partners that may strengthen negotiation leverage and thereby carve out policy space to define and implement policies that affect social and economic development. This article critically reviews the most recent developments in Chinese and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) approaches to development finance to Africa. It argues that although we can detect a number of incidents that point towards more policy space for African governments, the revival of China's development finance does not fundamentally alter the power relations between African countries and their financiers, as the tendency now is towards convergence and cooperation between China and Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors—not divergence and competition, which could have created policy space as it did prior to the end of the Cold War. This follows the trend of other ‘emerging’ donors who increasingly play by DAC rules and thereby minimize the future possibility of playing out one partner against the other. |
| `In' analytical Note | Cambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 28, No.2; Jun 2015: p.246-262 |
| Journal Source | Cambridge Review of International Affairs Vol: 28 No 2 |
| Key Words | International Monetary Fund ; Economic cooperation and Development ; Global Development ; Development Assistance Committee ; DAC ; Cold War ; Finance Regime ; OCED ; China's Re – Entrance ; Aid Regime ; Enlarged Policy ; China's Interest ; Regime of Development Finance |