Author: Peter Grinsted
Peter Grinsted is an economist at the Beijing-based consultancy Development Reimagined. Peter has been working with partners in China and Europe on urgent issues surrounding IP and foreign aid, and as part of his work with DR’s Africa Reimagined programme, assists African businesses with IP in China.
Q&A: Measuring the Effectiveness of Chinese Agricultural Assistance in Africa
China has a long history of involvement in agriculture in Africa. As far back as 1959, China offered food grants to Guinea, and especially since the 2007 introduction of China’s “Agriculture Going Out” initiatives – a set of policies that encouraged Chinese agricultural companies to invest in ...
COVID-19: How Can China Help African Countries Have a Stake in the Race for a Vaccine?
Six months after the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the global effort to develop appropriate vaccines and treatments is continuing at a pace. The WHO report that there are now 125 candidate vaccines in development, including 10 in clinical evaluation. In recent weeks, there has ...