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Voice of America: China's Loans to Sub-Saharan Africa Outweigh Those of Western Nations

February 10, 2022

From the article:

The global think tank examined more than 500 infrastructure projects in the region with a private sector component that reached financial closure during the period.

"There's a lot of criticism of China, but if Western governments want to boost productive and sustainable investments to meaningful levels, they need to deploy their own development banks and press the multilateral development banks to make these investments a priority," Lee said.