Challenges that the EU had to face at the beginning of the 21st century have induced revision of its foreign policy. Unprecedented economic development, as well as political opening of China have created an attractive political and economic partner, desired by European states. From the very beginning the cooperation between the EU and China has been based on the economic field. Nowadays, thanks to demographic and economic potentials of both partners bilateral trade turnover equals to a third of global trade and is worth 1 billion euro a day. On initial economic platform of cooperation partners now develop a comprehensive political and social partnership. Despite ideological and political differences, as well as sometimes contradictory economic interests, strategic partnership is very likely to be continued.
Wymiar finansowy jest kluczowym aspektem współpracy dwustronnej między Chinami a kontynentem afrykańskim, a instrumenty i mechanizmy współpracy ewoluują wraz ze zmieniającą się strategią i możliwościami finansowymi Państwa Środka, jak również potrzebami i oczekiwaniami partnerów afrykańskich. Pomoc rozwojowa stanowi istotny trzon współpracy finansowej, pozwalający ChRL realizować interesy strategiczne, a jednocześnie przyczyniając się do przyspieszenia tempa rozwoju gospodarczego państw partnerskich. W artykule zawarta jest analiza zagadnień związanych z problematyką pomocy finansowej, w tym pomocy rozwojowej, i charakterystyka działań pomocowych ChRL w Afryce. W rezultacie badań sformułowane są wnioski dotyczące powiązania interesów strategicznych ChRL ze strategią pomocy rozwojowej na kontynencie afrykańskim.
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The financial dimension is a crucial aspect of bilateral cooperation between China and the African continent. The instruments and mechanisms of cooperation evolve with the changing strategy and financial capabilities of the Middle Kingdom and the needs and expectations of African partners. Development aid is an essential aspect of financial cooperation, allowing the PRC to pursue its strategic interests and accelerating the pace of economic development of the partner countries. The article contains an analysis of financial aid issues, including development aid, and the characteristics of China’s aid activities in Africa. As a result of the research, conclusions are drawn regarding the link between the strategic interests of the PRC and its development aid strategy on the African continent.
The purpose of the article is to analyse the economic growth of Sub-Saharan African countriesin the last decades, with special focus on the period 2000-2009. Economic development in Africa has been mostly positive in recent years with growth pace binge moderate and steady. However, significant differences exist between specific countries, stemming from abundance of mineral resources, location, size of the population or policy of central government. Countries which managed to introduce deep structural reforms, improve the investment climate, diversify output and exports as well as actively searched for new trading partners outperformed. Countries economy which is purely based on exports of crude oil reported also good economic performance,. However influx of investments there as well as general economic development is constrained by risk of the fiscal destabilization, which sudden plunge in commodity prices could originate. In our research we focused on the following growth indicators: GDP, savings rate, FDI, foreign trade and external aid.
Political changes in Northern Africa, known as the Arab Spring, allowed reli‑ gious parties to take over the power. In the paper I analyzed political developments in Tunisia and Morocco in the past two years. Both countries have accepted reform agendas though their implementation brought about different results. In Tunisia the changes were very volatile, deeply interfering with all aspects of public and private spheres. In Morocco, on the opposite, the process was much more gentle, overseen in all aspects by king Mohamed VI. The fact that ruling political par‑ ties have religious roots has influenced the process of reforms and caused serious anxiety. The complexity of the economic, social, and political challenges in both countries hinders the reform process. The tensions between two ways of devel‑ opment (religious and secular) cause controversy and uncertainty which are the subject of this paper.
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