International Conference: China and India: What's in it for Africa, 16 - 17 March 2006, Tour Europe, OECD, Paris

• Programme
• Papers and presentations
• Summary
• Publication: The Rise of China and India: What's in it for Africa? 

China and India are rapidly integrating their huge labour forces into the world economy and growing swiftly. While it is broadly understood that this raises opportunity and challenge for economic policies in the developed world, the impact on poor countries and appropriate policy responses are less understood.

The impact of the Asian giants’ integration on Africa has indeed been largely ignored. Africa – still largely connected to the world economy through raw material exports – is benefiting from the China-driven ‘super cycle’, which is reinforced by India’s emergence.

> Does Africa benefit from the ‘windfall’ in raw materials?
> How can it best exploit the rise of the Asian giants?
> What are the risks to long-term development and poverty eradication on the continent?
> How, if possible, can these risks be contained?
> Do donors need to reconsider whether existing policies aimed at reducing poverty have to be changed in the light of China and India’s expansion?

These questions will be discussed at the experts' workshop organised by the OECD Development Centre, and sponsored by the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC) and the Agence Francaise de Développement (AFD).

Please note that this event will take place at Salle de Nations, Tour Europe, La Défense. 

For more information please contact Conference Secretariat: Marsha Mayer , tel: +33 1 45 24 96 14.

This event was organised in conjunction with the Network of Asian Drivers, a programme co-ordinated by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.

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