Friday, August 20, 2021

Analysis of Chinese-built Infrastructure Projects in Tanzania and Kenya

 The Washington Post Monkey Cage published on 18 August 2021 an analysis titled "A Chinese Airport Project in Zanzibar Floundered. Here's What the New G-7 Infrastructure Plan Can Learn" by Veda Vaidyanathan.

The analysis looks at 5 Chinese-built infrastructure projects in Tanzania and Kenya--4 financed by the China Export Import Bank and 1 by the World Bank.  The advantages of Chinese projects were high speed, enormous scale, and low costs, although the Zanzibar international airport project experienced major delays and was well over budget.