A Fork in the Road, China’s Relationship with Africa

May 26, 2016

Chinese workers from the Zhongyuan Petroleum Exploration Bureau (ZPEB) of Sinopec and Sudanese workers drill an oil well in South Sudan (F&D June 2016).

In This Episode

Slumping Chinese demand has African economies scrambling to find alternate sources of revenue. In this podcast, we speak with Roger Nord, Deputy Director of the African Department in the IMF, and coauthor of A Fork in the Road, published in the June 2016 issue of Finance and Development magazine.

Roger Nord, IMF Deputy Director, African Department
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