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Whose Knowledge? Whose Influence? Changing Dynamics of China’s Development Cooperation Policy and Practice

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This article aims to investigate the recent evolution of China’s development policy and practice. More precisely, how do China’s policymakers and practitioners understand and debate China’s role in international development, specifically in the context of the global Covid-19 pandemic? China’s growing development activities overseas, particularly in the African continent, have spurred intense debate over its role as a rising power in international development. China is viewed in the West both as a threat and as a valuable potential partner in development cooperation. However, differences between Western and Chinese conceptions of development have complicated cooperation and understanding of China’s development policy. Further understanding of these differences is needed, in order to evaluate their implications for low-income countries, and for potential trilateral cooperation.

Source: IDS Bulletin

DOI: 10.19088/1968-2021.117

Authors: Jing Gu, Xiaoyun Li, Chuanhong Zhang

Institutions: Institute of Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies, China Agricultural University

Language: English

Topic: International Development and Aid

Subfield: Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3215475361

FWCI: 1.552

Cites: 8

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10