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New Report Highlights China’s Indispensable Role in Building African Infrastructure

by Eric Olander

African infrastructure financing is in freefall, plummeting from $100 billion annually in 2014 to just $31 billion last year, according to a new report published by the global law firm Baker McKenzie.

It appears that both bilateral and multilateral creditors have pulled back, said the report’s authors. 

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