Knocking on a wide-open door: Chinese investments in Africa

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 36, Issue 122, 2009, Pages 479-497

  Kragelund, Peter ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; INVESTMENT LOCATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

AFRICA; CHINA;

EID: 77950748419     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056240903346111     Document Type: Article

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