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Chinese and African migrant entrepreneur's articulation shaped by African agency

Kohnert, Dirk - 2016

Much has been written on the relationship of China and Africa in the past decade. However, the subject of Chinese … migrant entrepreneurs in Africa and their articulation with African counterparts was little explored up to the early 2010s … entrepreneurs in Africa. This has been underlined unison in the four books under review. …

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Are the Chinese in Africa more innovative than the Africans? : comparing Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants' cultures of innovation

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from …. -- trading diasporas ; international migration ; entrepreneurs ; culture ; innovation ; SMEs ; Africa ; China ; Nigeria ; Cotonou …

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Are the Chinese in Africa more innovative than the Africans? : Comparing Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants' cultures of innovation

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

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Are the Chinese in Africa more innovative than the Africans? : comparing Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants' cultures of innovation

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from …

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The long-term effects of development aid - Empirical studies in rural West Africa.

Kohnert, Dirk; Elwert, Georg; Bierschenk, Thomas - In: Economics, Biannual Journal of the Institute for … 47 (1993) 1, pp. 83-111

This article is based on field studies in rural West Africa. It concentrates on the socio-structural effects of …

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Magic and witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355

The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...

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African Agency and EU-African Economic Partnership Agreements

Kohnert, Dirk - In: Africa Spectrum 49 (2014) 3, pp. 149-155

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.

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The Transformation of Rural Labour Systems in Colonial and Post-Colonial Northern Nigeria

Kohnert, Dirk - In: Journal of Peasant Studies 13 (1986) 4, pp. 258-271

The study attempts to highlight the interrelation between three central points in the ongoing debate on the political economy of development: viability, surplus, and class-formation. A case study of the development of rural labour systems in Northern Nigeria is meant to provide both a better...

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Socialism without liberation: Land Reclamation Projects in Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologia Ruralis 28 (1988) 2/3, pp. 161-175

One of the outstanding aims of most liberation movements has been to increase the economic well-being of their people, Guinea-Bissau being no exception in this respect. How far has the new Nation State succeeded in fulfilling this aim? A comparative analysis of the implementation of land...

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Are the Chinese in Africa More Innovative than the Africans? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian Entrepreneurial Migrants' Cultures of Innovation

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from …Zusammenfassung: Sind Chinesen in Afrika innovativer als Afrikaner? Vergleichende Studie der unternehmerischen …

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