Roads: Chinese Investment in Road Infrastructure and Economic Network in Africa

Worldwide, infrastructure is an integral part of prosperity and economic confidence in the 21st century. The planning and execution of investments from developed economies represents the hope of many countries to compete in the global market, which is why infrastructure is critical for many countries at all levels of development. This paper seeks to investigate what role China plays in road infrastructure development in Africa and what investment actually leads to in relation to the creation of new opportunities, development and economic growth. At the same time, an attempt is being made to provide a cooperative picture of this relationship when it comes specifically to the infrastructure sector, as well as to demonstrate links to different cases of African infrastructure in which China has so far invested. The proposed methodology allows to explore the impact of Chinese investments in road infrastructure projects in African countries and how the latter impact on the economic growth of the African continent, for it implements a spatial econometric model autoregressive cross- sectional data and panel.

• Record URL:
  https://pre-proceedings-abudhabi2019.piarc.org/ressources/files/3/IP0458-Manjarrez-E-Full.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

  La Grande Arche, Paroi Nord, Niveau 5
  F-92055 La Defense Cedex,   France 
• Authors:
  • Pérez, Diana Manjarrez
• Conference:
  • 26th World Road Congress
  • Location: Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates
  • Date: 2019-10-6 to 2019-10-10
• Publication Date: 2019

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 26th World Road Congress - Abu Dhabi - 2019: Connecting Cultures - Enabling Economies

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction projects; Cooperation; Cross sectional studies; Developing countries; Economic growth; Infrastructure; Road construction; Spatial analysis; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Africa; China
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01753775
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 2020 11:19AM