CHINA’S GROWTH – THE DRIVING FORCE IN FOSTERING SUB-SAHARAN FOOD SECURITY – AN APPRAISAL
CHINA’S GROWTH – THE DRIVING FORCE IN FOSTERING SUB-SAHARAN FOOD SECURITY – AN APPRAISAL

Summary/Abstract: Food security is one of the most impressive arguments that international cooperation is facing today. Considered a common purpose for all nations, food security arises as a major problem intimately connected to development, especially when nations start to negotiate within international trade or environmental framework. Despite the efforts of the international community in eradicating poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa nations andconsequently eliminating food insecurity, these least-developed nations are still the home for the largest number of undernourished people in the world. This paper discusses the relationship between China’s economic future development and potential structural changes in the economy of African LDCs. Emphasizing the influence of environmental constraints for Chinese development, the paper analyzes in a descriptive manner whether cooperation between China and LDCs has the perspective to become a positive–sum game or is to remain the same zero-sum game experienced so far by the economies of this region in their interaction with developed nations.

• Details
• Contents