What Does Kenya's SGR Tell Us About the Future of Chinese Railway Development in the Global South
The China in Africa Podcast
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China's Infrastructure Led Growth Model in Africa
Karen Jewell is a global China postdoctoral research fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. She interviewed 132 experts and spoke with 91 different community residents across five cities and towns to find out who won and lost in Kenya's standard gauge railway project. "For the first time in decades, China isn't the fastest growing economy in Asia," she says. The biggest losers actually the road transportation sector that are very much negatively impacted and reduced in revenue with the introduction of thestandard gauge railway.
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