Zones of contention. Performance, pitfalls and politics of China-associated economic development zones in Africa
Charlotte Goodburn, Jan Knoerich, Soumya Mishra & Linda Calabrese
Lau China Institute, King's College, 17 octobre 2024
Narratives produced by China and some host country governments about the potential success of zones convey excessive expectations that are not matched by the subsequent realities of zone development... Many zones are built based on promises of massive employment generation and attraction of large numbers of investing companies. However, zones underperform along these indicators in most cases.
