ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF CHINA - CAMEROON ECONOMIC RELATIONS : AN ANALYSIS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF INVESTMENTS, TRADE AND AID FLOW
- 주제(키워드) INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 Rhee Cheul
- 발행년도 2018
- 학위수여년월 2018. 2
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제경영학과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000026692
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
China has become an active trading partner at the Global scale within the last decade. The annual average growth rate of China to Africa between 1990 – 1994 and 1999 -2004 was 48% and 20% respectively.( Broadman and Al , 2007). Recently, China has about 20% of the world’s population. Unarguably, China is continually seen as a challenging threat to the advanced nations as well as emerging and developing economies. China’s economic influence and impact nowadays is global as such no country can dare ignore her position especially sub-Saharan African countries ( including Cameroon) which at the moment constitute an actual market for Chinese products and technologies. Cameroon witnessed economic crisis in the 1990s this made the real GDP to fall by an average of 4% per annum. In 1994, Cameroon’s currency the CFA Franc was devalued. Following this economic reform, the country economic situation was improved, terms of trade became favorable and GDP growth values became positive. Cameroon major trading partners and sources of foreign investment and development Assistance are the OECD member countries like France, Spain, Italy, Britain, United states etc. Cameroon also Imports from Nigeria, United States, and China. Cameroon does trade in products such as crude oil, Timber, Cotton etc. The analysis of the China-Cameroon economic relations would be examine within three domains; (I) Investment (II) trade (III) Aid flows.
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………….1
1.1 Significance of the research……………………………………………….2
1.2 literature review…………………………………………………………….3
1.3 methodology………………………………………………………………..4
CHAPTER 2: ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF CAMEROON…………….5
2.1 country location…………………………………………………………….5
2.2 strength and weaknesses of the economy…………………………………5
CHAPTER 3 FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS…………………………….7
3.1 CHINESE INVESTMENTS IN CAMEROON………………………...7
3.1.1 agriculture………………………………………………………………7
3.1.2 roads and infrastructures………………………………………………7
3.1.3 cheap varieties of products………………………………………………8
3.1.4 health sector……………………………………………………………..9
3.1.5 fishing, forestry and oil sub sectors in Cameroon…………………….9
3.1.6 benefits of Chinese investments in cameroon………………………..…9
3.1.7 risks of Chinese investments in Cameroon……………………………10
3.2 CAMEROON-CHINA TRADE RELATION…………………………...11
3.2.1 Cameroon export of goods………………………………………………11
3.2.2 exports to China……………………………………………….………...12
3.2.3 the impact of exports to China…………………………………………..15
3.2.4 Cameroon good imports………………………………………………….16
3.2.5 imports from China……………………………………………………..17
3.2.6 the impact of imports from China……………….………………….…..20
3.2.7 Cameroon –China trade balance………………………………………..22
3.3 CHINESE AIDS TO CAMEROON……………………………..………...24
3.3.1 the impact of aids from china…………………………………………….29
CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS……………………………………………………….30
4.1 Limitations of the study…………………………………………………….32
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………33
BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………34
