posted on 2024-09-05, 23:22authored byFrauke Urban, Giles Mohan, Yanbing Zhang
The role of China in international development rose to prominence from around 2005 as it
became clear that a new wave of Chinese actors was engaging in public and private
activities in the global South. This has implications for low income countries for which China
may offer an alternative model of partnership and development. It further has implications for
the policies and practices of international aid and the relationships between China and
established donors. Failure to understand and engage constructively with these implications
of China’s rise could mean missing a crucial opportunity to reverse the fortunes of countries
in the global South.
This paper is the first of a two-part series on China as a Rising Power and what this means
for low income countries and the international development community. This paper emerged
out of the ESRC-funded project ‘China as the new ‘shaper’ of global development’, ESRC
Grant Reference: RES-075-25-0019. The paper explores the different understandings and
practices of development in China and the European Union. The paper reflects on
differences and similarities between the old and the new powers in relation to international
development, aid and the interests, actors, policies and practices involved.
Keywords: China; Rising Powers; European Union; international development; aid.
History
Publisher
IDS
Citation
Urban, F., G. Mohan & Y. Zhang (2011) The understanding and practice of development in China and the European Union. Working paper series, 372. Brighton: IDS.