Network Coordinators:

Dr Frauke Urban
Research Fellow
Climate Change and Development Centre
Institute of Development Studies 
Brighton, BN1 9RE, UK
E: F.Urban@ids.ac.uk                       
T: +44 (0)1273 915850
Fax: +44 (0)1273 621202

Dr Giles Mohan
Reader in the Politics of International Development
Development Policy & Practice Department,
The Open University,
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
E: g.mohan@open.ac.uk       
T: +44 (0)1908 653654
Fax: +44 (0)1908 654825



Dr Zhang Yanbing
Associate Professor
School of Public Policy and Management,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing, P.R. China 100084
E: zhangyanbing@tsinghua.edu.cn   
T:  +86-10-62797749
Fax: +86-10-62782605

Rising Powers

China as the new 'shaper' of global development

Network Aims

China hosts one fourth of the global population. It has a rapidly growing economy and significant political power. China is the largest of the Rising Powers and its global impacts are hugely significant in terms of trade, investment, the environment and governance. As part of China's industrialisation process there has been a concerted move into low income countries which are suppliers of strategic resources, markets for Chinese goods and services, and potential allies in institutions of global governance. With this in mind the network's core objectives are to:

• Explore how China's own development trajectory shapes its engagement with and impacts on different regions,
  
  
• Deepen our understanding of how and why China acts as an agent of global development,
  
  
• Assess the implications of China for low income countries and for the international development community more broadly

The ESRC-funded network is led by three institutions with strong and complementary track records in analysing China's role in development: The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the Open University (OU) and Tsinghua University. The wider network is composed of leading academics, policy analysts and policy-makers from China, Europe and low income countries.

Workshops

Three two-day workshops will be organised in Beijing, London and Brighton. The first workshop will discuss the implications of a more nuanced and in-depth understanding of the domestic processes behind China's development activities for its external engagements. The second workshop will analyse the actors, institutions and modes of interaction through which China and low income countries engage. The third workshop will apply the analytical framework developed throughout the network activities to particular areas of on-going research on energy and climate change, focusing on the Mekong Region and Africa.

Recent Workshops

November

China’s engagement in Low Income Countries: An environmental perspective

September

China and Low Income Countries: Actors, modes of interaction, and analytical innovations

July

The understanding and practice of development in China and the European Union

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