CSE, ASC & CURA Host Lecture on Human Capital Investments in Africa
On October 29, 2021, the Center for the Study of Europe (CSE), an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted a seminar on “Chinese and French Social Capital Networks in North Africa.”
The event was organized in cooperation with the Pardee School’s African Studies Center and Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA, as part of the ongoing “Assessing China’s Belt and Road Initiative” series. This session featured Lina Benabdallah, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University, Pardee School professor Michael Woldemarium, Associate Professor of International Relations, and was moderated by Grant Rhode, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Asia.
Benabdallah focussed her remarks on people-to-people cooperation, an aspect of the Belt and Road Initiative that has received less attention than others. Following an overview of China’s human capital investments in Africa, she offered a comparison of current versus historical arrangements and talked about some of the factors driving human capital investments as well as future trends.
A recording of the event can be viewed below.
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