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China’s Impacts on SSA through the Lens of Growth and Exports
Author:
Mr. Yibin Mu
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Chu Wangnull

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Dong Frank Wu
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IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2017: Issue 288
Language:
English
Publication Date:
22 Dec 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484335406.001
ISBN:
9781484335406
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
28
Keywords:
WP; SSA country; exports to China; China's growth; SSA export; Exports; Growth; Development; China Economy; SSA; fixed assets investment; investment growth; China's impact; spillover effect; consumption growth; peer SSA's GDP; consumption trend; SSA resource-intensive exporter; growth in China; Public expenditure review; Consumption; Inflation; Export performance; Global
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The analysis of China’s impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the WTO in 2001, China has started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase in China’s GDP per capita leads to 0.02 percent increase on the SSA’s GDP per capita; (ii) oil and investment-goods exporters benefit more from China’s growth; (iii) compared to China’s consumption, its investment growth acts as a more important channel in influencing SSA; (iv) exports to China, highly linked to China’s growth, is an important indicator for SSA’s exports. Our results call for SSA countries to be well prepared for China’s rebalancing given its growing economic influence and to proactively search a sustainable way to continuously enhance productivity.
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IMF Working Papers
ISSN:
1018-5941
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Volume 2017: Issue 288