Colston Research Society Symposia - Public Lecture
China in Africa: Threat or Opportunity
Raphael Kaplinsky, Professor of International Development at Development Policy and Practice at the Open University.
China is soon to resume its place as the world's largest economy. It has a rapidly growing presence in Africa, and this is a source of both threat and opportunity to sustained development in Africa - will it augment growth? what will be the nature of this growth? who will be the major beneficiaries and losers of this growth? what political structures will be reinforced and undermined?
The lecture took place on Monday 5 December 2011.
5 December - Raphael Kaplinksy
Biography
Raphael Kaplinsky is Professor of International Development at Development Policy and Practice at the Open University. He has had a distinguished career as a researcher focusing on globalisation, innovation, industrialisation and technology, publishing extensively in these and related fields. He has also advised governments, UN organisations and firms on a range of development-related issues. In the late 1990s Professor Kaplinsky played a leading role in developing a global network of researchers focusing on global value chains. Since 2005 he has made a similar contribution to the development of a global network of researchers focusing on the impact of China and India (“The Asian Drivers”) on developing countries in general and Africa in particular. His most recent book, published in November, is entitled How China Disrupted Global Commodities: The Reshaping of the World’s Resource Sector. This will be followed in 2012 by a volume focusing on the impact of China’s thirst for commodities on industrial development in sub-Saharan Africa (Making the Most of Commodities).
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