Part of the disease or part of the cure? Chinese investments in the Zambian mining and construction sectors

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 644-661

  Kragelund, Peter ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MINING; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; PRIVATE SECTOR;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 69949099426     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2009.23     Document Type: Article

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