CSOs Criticise Chinese Aid in Africa

African civil society organisations have expressed concern about the terms of China’s increasing activities on the African continent.

An agricultural economist in Zambia and chairperson of the Zambian Civil Society Trade Network, Stephen Muyakwa, agrees that international finance is needed for development and it should not matter where it comes from. However, he warns that there are some problems with the Chinese loans and development aid.

Muyakwa says loans offered by China are not transparent and neither do they come with conditions on how the money should be spent, adding that this could fuel corruption, as African governments are free to use the money as they wish.

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