Building Bridges: China's Growing Role as Infrastructure Financier for Sub-Saharan Africa

In recent years, a number of emerging economies have begun to play a growing role in the finance of infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Their combined resource flows are now comparable in scale to traditional Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries or to capital from private investors. These emerging financiers include China, India,
and the Gulf States, with China being by far the largest player.

Despite its …