Ahmed Badawi Mustapha

The China Factor in Ghana's Textile and Construction Industries Ahmed Badawi Mustapha

This book contributes to the discourses on the China-Africa relations. It particularly focuses on the China-Ghana link, and engrossed itself with the central question: What has been the impact of the China-Ghana economic relations on the performance of Ghana's textile and construction industries? This question and its subsidiaries stem from the claim by industry players and observers that the influx of foreign textiles, particularly the China made, is militating against the performance of the Ghanaian textile sector. Besides,it is also claimed that the increasing infrastructural financing by the PRC and subsequent taking up of projects by foreign companies and the Chinese construction firms in particular, is incapacitating the Ghanaian construction industry. This piece conducts a case study on the respective industries understudy towards shedding some remarkable light, and bringing forth some unique perspective on the subject matter. The book should be useful to those interested in the impact of China's rise in the global economy, and in particular China-Africa relations.