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Rethinking Investments in Natural Resources: China's Emerging Role in the Mekong Region
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rutherford, Jeff Lazarus, Kate M. Kelley, Shawn C. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | powerhouse around the world. China’s economic rise and consequent demand for a reliable and steady supply of inexpensive natural resources have led to a rapid increase in Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) stretching all the way to Africa and Latin America. The backdrop for China’s growing relationship with natural resource providing countries is regional and global economic integration, which is increasingly interlinking different parts of the world in complex valuechain arrangements. This global economic system links countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which are the main consumers of world products, with lowincome countries, which provide the majority of natural resources on which the production of goods is based. The connection is made by manufacturing countries that turn natural resources into inexpensive manufactured goods for export and sale in OECD markets. Within this global system, China over the past decade has emerged as one of the main global production and manufacturing hubs. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/downloads/china_study_executive_summary.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.iisd.org/pdf/2008/trade_china_study.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.iisd.org/pdf/2008/trade_chinapolicybrief.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
