ABSTRACT The past decade has seen the rapid rise of concepts such as ‘China Model’ and ‘Beijing Consensus’, yet more recent trends suggest a waning their popularity. This article finds that problem with literature on China model lies less concept itself than tendency to apply term in an atheoretical unempirical manner. From 2005 until at least 2012, Ethiopian elites from upper echelons downwards were indeed engaged conscious voluntary attempt emulate aspects China's perceived developmental...

Resume In recent years, the concept of multiple modernities has emerged to challenge perceived Eurocentrism and unilinearity traditional theories convergence, led renewed efforts appreciate differing trajectories contemporary political social development. Its exponents’ key argument – that forms modernity are so varied contingent on culture historical circumstance term itself must be spoken in plural is particularly pertinent an era where a preoccupation with societies around world not...

Journal Article Model students: Policy emulation, modernization, and Kenya's Vision 2030 Get access Elsje Fourie * *Elsje (e.fourie@maastrichtuniversity.nl) lectures on Globalization Development at the University of Maastricht. The author would like to thank Peter Wagner, Calestous Juma, Christopher Clapham, Nic Cheeseman, Rita Abrahamsen two anonymous peer reviewers for their insights. Search other works by this on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 113, Issue 453,...

With the expansion of global production networks (GPNs) in Africa, more women are becoming employed low-skilled and labor-intensive jobs. Most studies on workers GPNs focus work conditions their impact network effectiveness, while placing less emphasis relational well-being local industrial workers. Employing a approach that considers multiple dimensions people’s lives (the material, subjective, relational), we explore how female experience foreign-owned flower apparel sectors operating...

Abstract Background It is still unknown whether the mechanisms proposed by Reserve Capacity Model (RCM) explaining socio-economic health and wellbeing inequities in high income countries can be applied to low-income countries. This study investigates different reserve capacities (intra-, inter-personal, tangible) explain association between relative position (SEP) outcome measures among Ethiopian women working Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Method Using a cross-sectional design, we...

Depuis quelques années, l’hypothèse selon laquelle la Chine pourrait servir de modèle aux États africains connaît un engouement. Cet article examine l’influence au plan des idées et valeurs, trajectoire développement chinoise sur les élites deux : l’Éthiopie le Kenya. Si ces cherchent modèles exemplaires au-delà leurs frontières, elle ne voient dans qu’une source possible, parmi d’autres, « leçons » à tirer, inscrivant l’expérience cadre plus large d’un est-asiatique. Par conséquent,...

This article identifies strands of literature across several disciplines that seek to explore the ideational impact proliferating linkages between East Asian and African societies.It argues these debates could more fruitfully engage with one another if their common concern is understood be intersection modernities-broadly defined as societal self-understandings wish provide answers collective economic, political epistemic problems.These discussions are well-placed further intersections by...

The past decade has seen a gradual convergence between the modernizing, top-down development agendas associated with “new donors” to Africa and human agenda more commonly linked traditional donors. But while instruments such as Sustainable Development Goals now demand both industrialization empowerment, donors still struggle reconcile these competing expectations. This article uses variety of qualitative data examine one project: attempted transfer Japanese management techniques (or kaizen)...

SUMMARYThis briefing examines the recent creation and downfall of seven Chinese-funded agro-industrial farms in Angola, sees outcome this initiative latest demonstration difficulties converting China’s Angola’s resource-based relationship into a more economically sustainable developmental partnership.

In recent years, the European Union (EU) and other donors have increasingly instrumentalised their development cooperation to meet own domestic migration policy goals, under assumption that different interventions—such as building climate resilience – may result in less outward from recipient country. However, it is not yet understood how increased would influence individual aspirations capabilities. We conducted 32 in-depth interviews (IDI) eight focus group discussions (FGD) with...

Observers of Ethiopia’s entry into export-oriented global value chains generally agree that social upgrading is crucial if these chains’ largely female workforce to reap the benefits participation. They disagree, however, on extent which a ‘business case’ can be made involve in this managers who link frontline workers international buyers. This article takes novel approach questions by directly asking and those advise them human resources how they understand well-being their workers. Drawing...

It is widely acknowledged that migration impacts men and women differently. Most prior research has looked at these effects on the migrants themselves, while those who remain in their places of origin have received less scholarly attention. This article investigates how male labor from Dehradun district India affects wives stay behind. adopts a social resilience perspective by focusing opportunities vulnerabilities face once husbands migrate. Our findings identify four factors shape women’s...