Africa - Towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals with the help of China?
(2007)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The purpose of this paper was to examine the consequences of China?s
relationship with Africa, when it comes to promoting the achievement of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. In the last few years, China
has made massive economic and political engagements in Africa, and what
consequences this will have on Africa's possibilities of development, is highly
debated. I have used the UN development theory, underlying the MDGs, as a
theoretical framework, focusing on three key concepts within the theory, namely;
sustainable economic growth, efficient aid and debt-relief, and the support of
good governance. The study is a qualitative case-study, based mostly on secondhand
material. My findings conclude that China is... (More) - The purpose of this paper was to examine the consequences of China?s
relationship with Africa, when it comes to promoting the achievement of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. In the last few years, China
has made massive economic and political engagements in Africa, and what
consequences this will have on Africa's possibilities of development, is highly
debated. I have used the UN development theory, underlying the MDGs, as a
theoretical framework, focusing on three key concepts within the theory, namely;
sustainable economic growth, efficient aid and debt-relief, and the support of
good governance. The study is a qualitative case-study, based mostly on secondhand
material. My findings conclude that China is promoting the achievement of
the MDGs in Africa in some respects, but is failing to do so in others. China is
spurring economic growth in Africa, which is very beneficial when it comes to the
achievement of the MDGs. However, China fails when it comes to the support of
good governance, which has the potential of being devastating when it comes to
promoting the achievement of the MDGs in Africa. (Less)
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- author
- Sjöberg, Jenny
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Key words:, China, Africa, the Millennium Development Goals, development, good governance, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1319290
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- 2008-01-07 00:00:00
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@misc{1319290,
abstract = {{The purpose of this paper was to examine the consequences of China?s
relationship with Africa, when it comes to promoting the achievement of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. In the last few years, China
has made massive economic and political engagements in Africa, and what
consequences this will have on Africa's possibilities of development, is highly
debated. I have used the UN development theory, underlying the MDGs, as a
theoretical framework, focusing on three key concepts within the theory, namely;
sustainable economic growth, efficient aid and debt-relief, and the support of
good governance. The study is a qualitative case-study, based mostly on secondhand
material. My findings conclude that China is promoting the achievement of
the MDGs in Africa in some respects, but is failing to do so in others. China is
spurring economic growth in Africa, which is very beneficial when it comes to the
achievement of the MDGs. However, China fails when it comes to the support of
good governance, which has the potential of being devastating when it comes to
promoting the achievement of the MDGs in Africa.}},
author = {{Sjöberg, Jenny}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Africa - Towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals with the help of China?}},
year = {{2007}},
}