Happening TODAY

New paper on the danger of ascribing Africa's debt troubles to China's 'debt-trap diplomacy', while ignoring their structural causes. Unless global initiatives address the true drivers of sovereign debt and more financing is made available, Africa's debt woes will only get worse

Harry Verhoeven and @nicolaslippolis discuss their new research on the geopolitics of Africa's debt. They flag how the use of debt resolution for geopolitical point-scoring can be harmful for the US, China and, above all, African countries. Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/20…

Looking forward to welcoming you to the first event in this year's OUCAN seminar series. We will be discussing how the geopolitics of China's rise is impacting initiatives to address Africa's debt woes. Jeromin Zettelmeyer @nicolaslippolis Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Happening TOMORROW!

🗓 🇨🇳 FDL hosting its 1st Conference on Chinese Development Finance: ➡ Two days: Mon27th & Wed29th March ➡ Understanding China’s key challenges as a leading provider of finance to developing countries ✅More info 👉findevlab.org/news_and_event… ✅REGISTER 👉us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Excited to go to Oxford for the OUCAN annual conference – I’ll be speaking on the panel discussing the political economy of sovereign debt restructurings! Thanks again @nicolaslippolis for the invitation, and feel free to register if you’re around on June 6th ⤵️

Looking forward to the discussion 👇 OUCAN

🇨🇳 🇰🇭Happy to share my (open access) article with Yuan Wang on the #BRI and Chinese capital in #Cambodia, where we look at the case of #infrastructure development and at the #gambling industry in #Sihanoukville sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Only a few days to go until the OUCAN Conference! Don't forget to register!

Excited for next week's OUCAN conference, when I will join the discussion on China&political economy of debt Thanks @nicolaslippolis for the invitation And if you are in the UK, don't miss the event! registration below

Looking forward to attend and chair a panel at the Oxford University China Africa Network OUCAN conference (June 6) on The Future of China's Overseas Finance on the BRI's 10th Anniversary. If you are around, join us!

Topical discussions coming up at the OUCAN conference!

Happening TOMORROW!

Looking forward to speaking at OUCAN conference in Oxford tomorrow on the panel: “Climate Action in Africa: The Role of Chinese Capital and Technology”

Honored to have participated to the 2023 conference of the OUCAN at University of Oxford where I had the opportunity to speak about #China’s digital presence on the continent and learn a lot about debt restructuring. Thank you to the brilliant @nicolaslippolis for the invitation