South–South Cooperation, Agribusiness, and African Agricultural Development: Brazil and China in Ghana and Mozambique



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DOI: 
10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.11.021
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
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journal article
Journal: 
World Development
Number: 
May 2016
Pages: 
13-23
Author(s): 
Amanor K.
Chichava S.
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The rise of new powers in development has generated much debate on the extent to which South–South Cooperation (SSC) constitutes a new paradigm of development more relevant to African needs or a disguise for a new form of imperialism. This paper critically examines the rise of Chinese and Brazilian technical and economic cooperation in African agriculture with two cases drawn from Ghana and Mozambique. Using a historical framework, policy documents, case studies, and an analysis of the political economy of agrarian development, this paper trace the role of agricultural development in the relations of China and Brazil in Africa, and the extents to which recent developments in agribusiness and structural neoliberal reforms of African economies have influenced Brazilian and Chinese contemporary engagements with African agriculture. We examine the extent to which the different policy frameworks, political interests in agriculture, and institutional frameworks influence and impede the outcomes of Chinese and Brazilian development intents

Publication year: 
2016
Keywords: 
agriculture
development
China
Brazil
Mozambique
Ghana