FOCAC Twelve Years Later
Author | : Anshan Li |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 63 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:931888551 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Twelve years have passed since the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), an event that marked an important milestone in China-Africa relations. The forum is a platform to promote mutually beneficial South-South cooperation between China and Africa, based on mutual respect and non-interference in the internal affairs of African countries. In its ten year existence, FOCAC has achieved in deepening China-Africa relationsin the economic field. Trade, investment, infrastructure and capacity building have been comprehensively promoted. But as FOCAC prepares to enter the second decade, a number of steps must be taken by Chinese and African partners to improve the current institutional arrangement by expanding space for private sector and civil society participation in decision-making and by increasing the frequency of follow-up processes to ensure effective implementation of agreed upon targets"--Page 4 of cover.