South-South Cooperation through investment – South African and Chinese support to development in Lesotho?

Date
2011-11
Authors
Van Der Lugt, Sanne
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Publisher
Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University
Abstract
The 4th High Level Forum of Aid Effectiveness in Busan/Korea focused on defining a new paradigm for aid and development and to build a new, all-inclusive, development partnership, sparked by increasing involvement of emerging economies. Emerging economies are promoting an alternative development cooperation model in which economic transactions such as trade and investment play an important role. South-South Cooperation (SSC) has been often compared with the development aid traditional donors have been offering to developing countries for many decades. The emphasis has been thereby on the equivalent to aid. This risks neglecting the crucial role of trade and investment in SSC. This Policy Briefing is based on a study on the role of investment in SSC and, more specifically, the role of state agencies of emerging economies in ensuring that the investments of their nationals contribute to social and economic development in the host country.
Description
CCS Policy Briefings are drawn from the published reports and other material produced by the Centre. They aim to highlight specific recommendations and outcomes from the larger reports and present them in a concise, easily consumable format.
The original publication is available at http://www.sun.ac.za/ccs
Keywords
China, Africa, Lesotho, South-South Cooperation, Aid -- Africa, Development assistance -- Africa, Trade -- Africa, Africa -- Investment -- China, Developing world, Centre for Chinese Studies
Citation
Van Der Lugt, S. 2011. South-South Cooperation through investment – South African and Chinese support to development in Lesotho? CCS Policy Briefing - November 2011. Stellenbosch University: Centre for Chinese Studies