Please see below for CARI's archived publications, arranged by type in reverse chronological order. Click on the drop-down menu to expand. 

Briefing Papers and Economic Bulletins

What is the Real Story of China's "Hidden Debt"? (pdf) 2021. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; HUANG, Yufan

Zambia's Chinese Debt in the Pandemic Era (pdf) 2021. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; WANG, Yinxuan

Twenty Years of Data on China's Africa Lending (pdf) 2021. ACKER, Kevin; BRAUTIGAM, Deborah

Risky Business: New Data on Chinese Loans and Africa's Debt Problem (pdf) 2020. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; HUANG, Yufan; ACKER, Kevin

Assessing Chinese Manufacturing Investments in East Africa: Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunities (pdf) 2019. XIA, Ying

The Path Ahead: The 7th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (pdf) 2018. EOM, Janet; BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; BENABDALLAH, Lina

Challenges of and Opportunities from the Commodity Price Slump (pdf) 2017. ATKINS, Lucas; BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; CHEN, Yunnan; HWANG, J

Policy Briefs

How Zambia and China Co-Created a Debt "Tragedy of the Commons" (pdf) 2021. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah

China's Digital Silk Road in Africa and the Future of Internet Governance (pdf) 2021. TUGENDHAT, Henry; VOO, Julia

Chinese Resource-Backed Infrastructure Financing Investments: Comparing Governance in Guinea and Ghana (pdf) 2021. DING, Qianrong; HUBBARD, Hayden Hubbard; LARKIN, Emily; SHONIBARE, Dawalola

A Comparative Analysis: Chinese and Indian Exim Bank Finance in Ethiopia (pdf) 2021. HUANG, Zhengli; BEHURIA, Pritish

International Development Lending and Global Value Chains in Africa (pdf) 2021. AMENDOLAGINE, Vito

Understanding the Structural Sources of Chinese International Contractors' Market Power in Africa (pdf) 2021. ZHANG, Hong

Do Chinese Infrastructure Loans Promote Entrepreneurship in African Countries? (pdf) 2021. MUNEMO, Jonathan

Development Finance and Distributive Politics: Comparing Chinese and World Bank Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa (pdf) 2021. TANG, Keyi

Private Security Companies in Kenya and the Impact of Chinese Actors (pdf) 2021. ZHENG, Shuwen; XIA, Ying

Railpolitik: Ethiopia's Rail Ambitions and Chinese Development Finance (pdf) 2021. CHEN, Yunnan

Comparing the Effects of Chinese and Traditional Official Finance on State Repression and Public Demonstrations in Africa (pdf) 2020. CHE, Afa'anwi Ma'abo

French and Chinese Business Cooperation in Africa (pdf) 2020. PAIRAULT, Thierry

The Growing Preference for Chinese Arms in Africa: A Case Study of Uganda and Kenya (pdf) 2020. MUNYI, Elijah

China's Development-Security in Practice: The Case of Mali (pdf) 2020. BENABDALLAH, Lina; LARGE, Daniel

China, Africa, and Debt Distress: Fact and Fiction about Asset Seizures (pdf) 2020. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; KIDANE, Won

Debt Relief with Chinese Characteristics (pdf) 2020. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; ACKER, Kevin; HUANG, Yufan

China, Africa, and the Rest: Recent Trends in Space Science, Technology, and Satellite Development (pdf) 2020. KLINGER, Julie

African Military Aircraft Procurement from China: A Case Study from Zambia (pdf) 2020. HWANG, Jyhjong

"Africa's China": Chinese Manufacturing Investment in Nigeria in the Post-Oil Boom Era and Channels for Technology Transfer (pdf) 2020. CHEN, Yunnan

The Footprint of Chinese Private Security Companies in Africa (pdf) 2020. ARDUINO, Alessandro

How Huawei Succeeds in Africa: Training and Knowledge Transfers in Kenya and Nigeria (pdf) 2020. TUGENDHAT, Henry

Chinese Medical Teams: Knowledge Transfer in Ethiopia And Malawi (pdf) 2020. GRANDE, Allison; with FISCHER, Sara; SAYRE, James

Export, Employment, or Productivity? Chinese Investments in Ethiopia's Leather and Leather Product Sectors (pdf) 2019. TANG, Xiaoyang

Comparing the Determinants of Western and Chinese Commercial Ties with Africa (pdf) 2019. LANDRY, David G.

Disasters While Digging: Rates of Violence Against Mine Workers in Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, and Zambia (pdf) 2019. FREYMEYER, Christian

The Blind Spot: International Mining in Angoche and Larde, Mozambique (pdf) 2019. CHICHAVA, Sérgio; LI, Shubo; SAMBO, Michael G.

Wealth From Waste? Chinese Investments and Technology Transfer in the Tanzanian Plastic Recycling Industry (pdf) 2019. XIA, Ying

Lessons from East Asia: Comparing Ethiopia and Vietnam's Early-Stage Special Economic Zone Development (pdf) 2019. TANG, Keyi

Do China-Financed Dams in Sub-Saharan Africa Improve the Region's Social Welfare? A Case Study of the Impacts of Ghana's Bui Dam (pdf) 2019. TANG, Keyi; SHEN, Yingjiao

Chinese Manufacturing Investments and Knowledge Transfer: a Report from Ethiopia (pdf) 2019. TANG, Xiaoyang

The Impact of Chinese Investment on Skill Development and Technology Transfer in Zambia and Malawi's Cotton Sector (pdf) 2019. TANG, Xiaoyang

Local Skill Development from China's Engagement in Africa: Comparative Evidence from the Construction Sector in Ghana (pdf) 2019. MENG, Qingwei; BEMPONG NYANTAKYI, Eugene

Comparing the Determinants of Western and Chinese Development Finance Flows to Africa (pdf) 2018. LANDRY, David G.

China-Britain-Uganda: Trilateral Development Cooperation in Agriculture (pdf) 2018. ZHOU, Hang

Work, Employment, and Training through Africa-China Cooperation Zones: Evidence from the Eastern Industrial Zone in Ethiopia (pdf) 2018. FEI, Ding

Chinese Manufacturing Moves to Rwanda: A Study of Training at C&H Garments (pdf) 2018. EOM, Janet

The East Africa Shift in Textile and Apparel Manufacturing: China-Africa Strategies and AGOA's Influence (pdf) 2018. WANG, Weiyi; LU, Jinghao; ALLEN, Wilmot

What Kinds of Chinese "Geese" are Flying to Africa? Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms (pdf) 2018. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; TANG, Xiaoyang; XIA, Ying

Silk Road to the Sahel: African Ambitions in China's Belt and Road Initiative (pdf) 2018. CHEN, Yunnan

The Risks and Rewards of Resource-for-Infrastructure Deals: Lessons from the Congo's Sicomines Agreement (pdf) 2018. LANDRY, David G.

Chinese Medical Teams in the DRC: A Comparative Case Study (pdf) 2017. JIANG KWETE, Xiaoxiao

Community Engagement in Chinese and American Gold Mining Companies: A Comparative Case Study in Ghana (pdf) 2017. YANG, Jiao

Adaptation of Chinese Immigrants in Zambia (pdf) 2017. LU, Yao; SAUTMAN, Barry; YAN, Hairong; ZHOU, Weixuan

The United States and China in Africa: What Does the Data Say? (pdf) 2017. EOM, Janet; HWANG, Jyhjong; ATKINS, Lucas; CHEN, Yunnan; ZHOU, Siqi

Creating a Market for Skills Transfer: A Case Study of AVIC International (pdf) 2017. SUN, Irene Yuan; QI, Lin

Local Politics Meets Chinese Engineers: A Study of the Chinese-Built Standard Gauge Railway Project in Kenya (pdf) 2016. WISSENBACH, Uwe; WANG, Yuan

Provincial Chinese Actors in Africa: The Case of Sichuan in Uganda (pdf) 2016. SHI, Xuefei

Do Huawei's Training Programs and Centers Transfer Skills to Africa? (pdf) 2016. TSUI, Benjamin

Technology Transfer in Telecommunications: Barriers and Opportunities in the Case of Huawei and ZTE in South Africa (pdf) 2016. SUN, June

Media Training for Africa: Is China Exporting its Journalism? (pdf) 2016. HANSEN, Jákup Emil

How Chinese Money is Transforming Africa: It's Not What You Think (pdf) 2016. HWANG, Jyhjong; BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; EOM, Janet

What Happened to China Development Bank's $3 Billion Loan to Ghana? (pdf) 2016. CHEN, Thomas

Looking Back and Moving Forward: An Analysis of China-Africa Economic Trends and the Outcomes of the 2015 Forum on China Africa Cooperation (pdf) 2016. EOM, Janet; HWANG, Jyhjong; XIA, Ying; BRAUTIGAM, Deborah

Chinese Financed Hydropower Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa (pdf) 2015. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; HWANG, Jyhjong; WANG, Lu

Neither 'Friendship Farm' Nor 'Land Grab:' Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Angola (pdf) 2015. ZHOU, Jinyan

Assessing the Impact of Chinese Investment on Southeast Africa's Cotton: Moving Up the Value Chain? (pdf) 2015. TANG, Xiaoyang

Chinese Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Africa: Case Studies in Ghana and Nigeria (pdf) 2015. JIAO, Yang

Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Zambia: A Grassroots Analysis (pdf) 2015. GUO CHATELARD, Solange; CHU, Jessica M.

Chinese Training Courses for African Officials: A "Win-Win" Engagement? (pdf) 2014. TUGENDHAT, Henry

Chinese Agricultural Investment in Mozambique: The Case of Wanbao Rice Farm (pdf) 2014. CHICHAVA, Sérgio

The Political Ecology of Chinese Investment in Uganda: The Case of Hanhe Farm(pdf) 2014. MAIYO, Josh 

Working Papers

How Zambia and China Co-Created a Debt "Tragedy of the Commons" (pdf) 2021. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah

China's Digital Silk Road in Africa and the Future of Internet Governance (pdf) 2021. TUGENDHAT, Henry

Convergence and Divergence in Emerging Donor Finance: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and Indian Exim Banks in Ethiopia (pdf) 2021. HUANG, Zhengli; BEHURIA, Pritish

International Development Lending and Global Value Chains in Africa (pdf) 2021. AMENDOLAGINE, Vito

Chinese International Contractors in Africa: Structure and Agency (pdf) 2021. ZHANG, Hong

Do Chinese Infrastructure Loans Promote Entrepreneurship in African Countries? (pdf) 2021. MUNEMO, Jonathan

Development Finance and Distributive Politics: Comparing Chinese and World Bank Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa (pdf) 2021. TANG, Keyi

Private Security Companies in Kenya and the Impact of Chinese Actors (pdf) 2021. ZHENG, Shuwen; XIA, Ying

Laying the Tracks: The Political Economy of Railway Development in Ethiopia's Railway Sector and Implications for Technology Transfer (pdf) 2021. CHEN, Yunnan

Comparing the Effects of Chinese and Traditional Official Finance on State Repression and Public Demonstrations in Africa (pdf) 2020. CHE, Afa'anwi Ma'abo

Challenging Pax Americana: The Commercial Imperative in Chinese Arms Exports to Africa - A Case Study of Uganda and Kenya (pdf) 2020. MUNYI, Elijah

China's Development-Security in Practice: The Case of Mali (pdf) 2020. BENABDALLAH, Lina; LARGE, Daniel

Debt Relief with Chinese Characteristics (pdf) 2020. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; ACKER, Kevin; HUANG, Yufan

China, Africa, and the Rest: Recent Trends in Space Science, Technology, and Satellite Development (pdf) 2020. KLINGER, Julie

African Military Aircraft Procurement from China: A Case Study from Zambia (pdf) 2020. HWANG, Jyhjong

"Africa's China": Chinese Manufacturing Investment in Nigeria in the Post-Oil Boom Era and Channels for Technology Transfer (pdf) 2020. CHEN, Yunnan

The Footprint of Chinese Private Security Companies in Africa (pdf) 2020. ARDUINO, Alessandro

How Huawei Succeeds in Africa: Training and Knowledge Transfers in Kenya and Nigeria (pdf) 2020. TUGENDHAT, Henry

Chinese Medical Teams: Knowledge Transfer in Ethiopia and Malawi (pdf) 2020. GRANDE, Allison; with FISCHER, Sara; SAYRE, James

Export, Employment, or Productivity? Chinese Investments in Ethiopia's Leather and Leather Product Sectors (pdf) 2019. TANG, Xiaoyang

Chinese Manufacturing and Agricultural Investment in Tanzania: A Scoping Study (pdf) 2019. XIA, Ying

Chinese Agricultural and Manufacturing Investment in Kenya: A Scoping Study (pdf) 2019. XIA, Ying

Comparing the Determinants of Western and Chinese Commercial Ties with Africa (pdf) 2019. LANDRY, David G.

The Blind Spot: International Mining in Angoche and Larde, Mozambique (pdf) 2019. CHICHAVA, Sérgio; LI, Shubo; SAMBO, Michael G.

Wealth from Waste? Chinese Investments and Technology Transfer in the Tanzanian Plastic Recycling Industry (pdf) 2019. XIA, Ying

Lessons from East Asia: Comparing Ethiopia and Vietnam's Early-Stage Special Economic Zone Development (pdf) 2019. TANG, Keyi

Do China-Financed Dams in Sub-Saharan Africa Improve the Region's Social Welfare? A Case Study of the Impacts of Ghana's Bui Dam (pdf) 2019. TANG, Keyi; SHEN, Yingjiao

Chinese Manufacturing Investments and Knowledge Transfer: A Report from Ethiopia (pdf) 2019. TANG, Xiaoyang

The Impact of Chinese Investment on Skill Development and Technology Transfer in Zambia and Malawi's Cotton Sector (pdf) 2019. TANG, Xiaoyang

Local Skill Development from China's Engagement in Africa: Comparative Evidence from the Construction Sector in Ghana (pdf) 2019. MENG, Qingwei; BEMPONG NYANTAKYI, Eugene

Comparing the Determinants of Western and Chinese Development Finance Flows to Africa (pdf) 2018. LANDRY, David G.

China-Britain-Uganda: Trilateral Development Cooperation in Agriculture (pdf) 2018. ZHOU, Hang

Work, Employment, and Training through Africa-China Cooperation Zones: Evidence from the Eastern Industrial Zone in Ethiopia (pdf) 2018. FEI, Ding

Chinese Manufacturing Moves to Rwanda: A Study of Training at C&H Garments (pdf) 2018. EOM, Janet

What Kinds of Chinese "Geese" Are Flying to Africa? Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms (pdf) 2018. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; TANG, Xiaoyang; XIA, Ying

The Risks and Rewards of Resource-for-Infrastructure Deals: Lessons from the Congo's Sicomines Agreement (pdf) 2018. LANDRY, David G.

China's Involvement in South Africa's Wind and Solar PV Industries (pdf) 2017. BAKER, Lucy; SHEN, Wei

Creating a Market for Skills Transfer: A Case Study of AVIC International's Skills Transfer Programs in Kenya (pdf) 2017. SUN, Irene Yuan; QI, Lin

African Politics Meets Chinese Engineers: The Chinese-Built Standard Gauge Railway Project in Kenya and East Africa (pdf) 2017. WISSENBACH, Uwe; WANG, Yuan

Diffusing Chinese Rice Technology in Rural Tanzania: Lessons from the Dakawa Agro-Technology Demonstration Center (pdf) 2017. MAKUNDI, Hezron

China and Uranium: Comparative Possibilities for Agency in Statecraft in Niger and Namibia (pdf) 2017. VOLBERDING, Peter; WARNER, Jason

We Are Not So Different: A Comparative Study of Employment Relations at Chinese and American Firms in Kenya (pdf) 2017. ROUNDS, Zander; HUANG, Hongxiang

Chinese Media, Kenyan Lives: An Ethnographic Inquiry into CCTV Africa's Head Offices (pdf) 2017. LEFKOWITZ, Melissa

Chinese Investment in Ghana's Manufacturing Sector (pdf) 2016. TANG, Xiaoyang

A Comparative Analysis: The Sustainable Development Impact of Two Wind Farms in Ethiopia (pdf) 2016. CHEN, Yanning

Capturing the Rains: A Comparative Study of Chinese Involvement in Cameroon's Hydropower Sector (pdf) 2016. CHEN, Yunnan; LANDRY, David G.

Where Africa Meets Asia: Chinese Agricultural and Manufacturing Investment in Madagascar (pdf) 2016. CHEN, Yunnan; LANDRY, David G.

Eastern Promises: New Data on Chinese Loans in Africa, 2000 to 2014 (pdf) 2016. BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; HWANG, Jyhjong

How do Chinese Contractors Perform in Africa? Evidence from World Bank Projects (pdf) 2016. FARRELL, Jamie

Learning From China? Manufacturing Investment and Technology Transfer in Nigeria (pdf) 2016. CHEN, Yunnan; SUN, Irene Yuan; UKAEJIOFO, Rex Uzonna; TANG, Xiaoyang; BRAUTIGAM, Deborah

Chinese Engagement in Hydropower Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa (pdf) 2015. HWANG, Jyhjong; BRAUTIGAM, Deborah; WANG, Nancy