Role Tension and Adaptation in a Chinese Agricultural Aid Project in Mozambique. (14th October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Chuanhong; Li, Xiaoyun; Connerley, Edwin F.; Wu, Jin
• Is Part Of: Journal of international development. Volume 31:Number 3(2019:Apr.)
• Page Start: 231
• Page End: 246
• Publication Date: 2018-10-14
• Subjects: role theory -- China–Africa interaction -- Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre (ATDC) -- role consolidation -- Mozambique; Economic development projects -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Periodicals; 330.91724
• DOI: 10.1002/jid.3402
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-1748

Abstract

Abstract: Role theory was applied to analysis of the interaction process of various actors engaged in a Chinese aid project in Africa to explore who drove the implementation process and to reveal the hidden logic of China's foreign aid. The result revealed that the framework imposed by the State created space for actors from China and from Africa to exert agency to achieve common goals. The interaction process was constructed through role consolidation and concessions of different actors, which indicates that the project implementation was not driven by one side but rather by the mutual adaptation of the various actors involved. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.