Masaryk university faculty of social studies
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FACULTY OF SOCIAL STUDIES Department of International Relations and European Studies
BACHELOR THESIS Veronika Gregušová Thesis Supervisor – Mgr. Jan Polišenský UČO – 382630 Field of Study – International Relations, Environmental Studies Matriculation Year – 2010 Tišnov, 2013 I do hereby solemnly declare that this bachelor thesis is a result of my independent work. All sources of information and bibliographical references used in the thesis have been cited accordingly in the text and in the bibliography. Tišnov, 21st April 2013 Veronika Gregušová
First and foremost I would like to express my deepest sense of gratitude to my supervisor Mgr. Jan Polišenský, who assisted me during the course of writing. He offered me new perspectives and showed a deep knowledge of the subject matter. It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge my friend Charanjit Basumatary, who supported me with his business education and provided advice in the chapters dedicated to economy. My sincere thanks go to my family, which has continuously encouraged me in my studies. Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations and Acronyms 5 Abstract 7 Key Words 7 Abstrakt 7 Klíčová slova 7 1 Introduction 8 2 Methodology 10 3 The Theory of Neo-Colonialism 12 3.1 Introduction 12 3.2 The Mechanisms of Control 13 3.2.1 Economic Control 13 3.2.2 Political Control 14 3.2.3 Control through Official Development Assistance 14 3.3 Forms of Neo-Colonialism in Africa 15
4.1 History of China in Africa 16 4.2 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation 17 4.2.1 New Strategic Partnership 17 4.3 Recent Chinese Engagement in Africa 18 4.3.1 Trade 18 4.3.2 Foreign Direct Investment 19 4.3.3 Official Development Assistance 20 4.3.4 Diplomacy and Political Cooperation 21 4.3.5 Military Cooperation 21 4.4 Chinese Motivations 22 4.5 Perception of Chinese Engagement in Africa 22 5 Ghana Case Study 24 5.1 China-Ghana Bilateral Relations 24 5.2 Trade 24 5.2.1 Imports 25 5.2.2 Exports 26 5.2.3 Analysis of Trade 26 5.3 Foreign Direct Investment 28 5.3.1 Value of Chinese FDI in Ghana 29 5.3.2 Chinese FDI in Extractive Industry Sector 29 5.3.3 Chinese FDI in Non-extractive Industry Sector 30 5.3.4 Analysis of FDI 31 5.4 Official Development Assistance 32 5.4.1 Official Development Assistance and Other Official Flows 32 5.4.2 Sectoral Analysis of Chinese ODA in Ghana 33 Energy Sector 33 Information and Communications Technologies Sector 34 Infrastructure Sector 34 Construction Sector 35 Industry and Agriculture Sectors 35 Health Sector 35 5.4.3 Analysis of ODA 36 5.5 Finance and Banking Sector 37 5.5.1 Analysis of Finance and Banking Sector 38 5. 6 Political Relations 39 5.6.1 Analysis of Political Relations 41 5.7 Military Relations 42 5.7.1 Analysis of Military Relations 43 5.8 Cultural Relations 44 5.8.1 Analysis of Cultural Relations 45
7.1 Primary Sources 49 7.1.1 Conference Papers 53 7.2 Secondary Sources 54 7.2.1 Books 54 7.2.2 Newspapers 56 7.2.3 Journal Articles 62
List of Abbreviations and AcronymsACET - African Center for Economic Transformation ARB - African Research Bulletin AU - African Union BOC - Bank of China CADFund - China Africa Development Fund CNOOC - China National Off-shore Oil Corporation CCS - The Centre for Chinese Studies DAC - Development Assistance Committee DRC - Democratic Republic of Congo FDI - Foreign Direct Investment FOCAC - Forum on China-Africa Cooperation GAO - United States Government Accountability Office GDP - Gross Domestic Product GIPC - Ghana Investment Promotion Center GIS - Ghana Immigration Service IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICT - Information and Communications Technologies IMF - International Monetary Fund MDGs - United Nations Millennium Development Goals MFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China MOFCOM - Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China MW - megawatt ODA - Official Development Assistance OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OOF - Other Official Flows PRC - People’s Republic of China SIPRI - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SMEs - Small and Medium Enterprises SOEs - State Owned Enterprises TI - Transparency International UG - University of Ghana UN - United Nations UN Comtrade - United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development US - United States USD - United States Dollar WB - World Bank WTO - World Trade Organization Download 289.25 Kb. Share with your friends:
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