Deborah Brautigam
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​Deborah Brautigam is the Director of the China Africa Research Initiative and Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy Emerita at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Her recent books include The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2011) and Will Africa Feed China? (Oxford University Press, 2015). She has been a visiting scholar at the World Bank, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and advised more than a dozen governments on China-Africa relations. Her PhD is from the Fletcher School, Tufts University.
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 "China, the U.S., and Global Debt: Why Cooperate?"
Griffin Lecture at University of Minnesota China Center, 2022
“China is Not a Donor”,
​Twelfth Annual N.T Wang Distinguished Lecture at Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute, 2022
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The Developing World’s Coming Debt Crisis​, Foreign Affairs, February 20, 2023​
The ABCs of China’s GDI, East Asia Forum, December 22, 2022
The Chinese Debt Trap is a Myth, The Atlantic, February 6, 2021 
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Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies · Debt Relief with Chinese Characteristics: Sri Lanka, Angola, and Beyond, with Deborah Brautigam

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  • Home
  • Bio
  • Books
    • The Dragon’s Gift
    • Will Africa Feed China?
    • Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries
    • Chinese Aid and African Development
    • Book Chapters
  • Papers
    • Journal Articles
    • Working Papers and Discussion Papers
  • Blog
  • Public Square
    • Commentaries
    • Public Lectures
    • Podcasts
  • Contact