Tilman Altenburg

Women work on an assembly line manufacturing toy cars at a factory in Xingtai, Hebei province, China November 9, 2018. Picture taken November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1B3BB5AFB0

Migration of Chinese manufacturing jobs to Africa: Myth or reality?

Tilman Altenburg

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

An aerial view shows workers at the Alltex export processing zone (EPZ) factory in Athi River, near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, July 31, 2009. Kenya's exports to the United States rose 8 percent to 20.6 billion shillings ($268 million) in 2008, largely due to U.S. legislation to promote African trade, Kenya's trade minister Amos Kimunya said. The U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has granted duty-free access for many sub-Saharan African nations' products since 2000. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E57V1NWZ01

Meeting Africa’s employment challenge in a changing world

Tilman Altenburg and Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Thursday, September 13, 2018