by Chris Jordan | Aug 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Matthew AlfordImage by Mister GC,FreeDigitalPhotos.netIn a recent article in Geoforum, Matthew Alford explains how the concept of trans-scalar embeddedness helps to understand the governance deficit around working conditions in the South African fruit sector. On...
by Chris Jordan | Jun 28, 2016 | China, John Knight, Uncategorized
by Global Development Institute (GDI), University of ManchesterProfessor John Knight, The University of Oxford, recently spoke at the GDI on ‘the principal-agent problem, the developmental state, subjective well-being and social instability: China’s...
by Chris Jordan | Apr 4, 2016 | China, Innovation Systems Development in China and Russia, Simone Corsi, Uncategorized, Yanchao Li
Simone Corsi, Research Fellow, Dept. of Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation,Lancaster University Management School and Programme Manager, Lancaster China Catalyst programme, was interviewed after presenting at a seminar hosted by the Manchester...
by Chris Jordan | Mar 30, 2016 | China, Ian Scoones, Rising Powers in African Agriculture, Uncategorized
Ian Scoones, University of Sussex In December 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into South Africa for the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation with great fanfare. There were lots of announcements about prospective investments across Africa. Agriculture featured...
by Chris Jordan | Mar 8, 2016 | Brazil, China, Ian Scoones, Rising Powers in African Agriculture, Uncategorized
By Ian ScoonesA new Open Access Special Issue in World Development based on our work on the changing role of China and Brazil in Africa’s agriculture is now available (links to individual articles are below, and also via here).The work was developed under the ‘China...