Chinese Agricultural Training Courses for African Officials

The Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies China-Africa Research Initiative published in December 2014 a policy brief titled "Chinese Training Courses for African Officials: A 'Win-Win' Engagement?" by Henry Tugendhat, research officer at the UK's Institute of Development Studies.

As part of its growing engagement in Africa, China has become one of the world's largest providers of short-term agricultural training courses.  China's training course model differs from most other traditional donors in that it almost exclusively targets government officials.