Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- I Overview of the Issues and China's Success -- 1 Introduction: Objectives of and Instruments for China's New Presence in Africa -- 2 China's Opening Up, From Shenzhen to Sudan -- II Instruments -- 3 Chinese Aid to Africa, Origins,...

pt. 1. Theoretical contributions -- pt. 2. Local agricultural value chains -- pt. 3. International agricultural value chains -- pt. 4. Value chains in the industrial and services sector -- pt. 5. Conclusions : upgrading value chains in developing countries