The Elephant in the Corner? Reviewing India-Africa Relations in the New Millennium

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-93

  Mawdsley, Emma ^a   McCann, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POWER RELATIONS; TRADE FLOW;

AFRICA; CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 77954236821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00300.x     Document Type: Review

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