The new Growth Coupling between China and Africa: Trade, Growth and Sustainable Development
23rd – 24th November 2009 • Co-organised with African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET); Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), in association with African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), jointly organized this international Dialogue entitled “The New Coupling between China & Africa: Trade, Growth and Sustainable Development” in 23-34 November 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
This two-day conference explored the rapidly expanding commercial relationship between China and Africa in context of sustainable development. It brought together knowledgeable and influential business actors, government officials, academics and stakeholders to deliberate the China-Africa relationship through a number of panel sessions including:
- China’s vision for development in Africa
- Deepening the China-Africa relationship: Evaluating the outcomes from the Forum on China-Africa co-operation
- China and Africa in the context of the Doha Multilateral Trade Round
- Agricultural trade and technology transfer between China and Africa
- Trade growth and its impact on industrial manufacturing in Africa
- Chinese financing for development in Africa
- Key learning from the conference and the way forward.
For other reports about this conference, please visit the websites below:
http://newweb.stdaily.com/kjrb/content/2009-12/05/content_131624.htm