‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ and Its Impacts on Ghana-China Relations

국문 초록 (Abstract)

식민지에서 독립한 이후 가나는 발전을 위한 심각한 장애물에 부딪혔으 며 이는 가나의 경제발전을 가로막는 요소로 작용했다. 가나 정부의 지속적인 노력에도 불구하고 급속히 증가하는 인구성장으로 인해 가나의 발전은 여전히 지체되었다. 중국 정부가 실행한 2007년 가나의 국채 탕감 과 이후 중국이 지속한 인프라와 기술 분야에 대한 투자는 가나의 성장을 앞당기는 주요 요인으로 기능했다. ‘원조 넘어 가나’는 가나가 원조 공여국 에 대한 경제적 종속을 지양하고 풍부한 천연자원을 활용해 독자적인 발전 정책을 추진하기 위해 마련한 정책이다. 이 논문은 원조 넘어 가나 정책을 통해 가나와 중국이 상호협력, 신뢰, 존중을 통해 공동 발전을 추진해 온 과정을 설명하고 이를 통해 가나가 중국의 성공 스토리를 자체적으로 계승 발전시킬 수 있는 가능성을 지니고 있음을 설명하고 있다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Since colonial era through independence, Ghana has faced myriads of developmental challenges ranging from infrastructure deficit, poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, corruption, poor governance amongst others and this has stalled the economic growth and development of the country. Successive governments have contributed efforts through various intervention programmes to help address these developmental bottlenecks. Most of these interventions have been successful but with a rapidly growing population, a lot still needs to be done. China’s involvement in Ghana’s development commenced in 1961, shortly after the two countries established formal diplomatic relations. The former’s developmental assistance to the latter has contributed immensely in helping Ghana address its developmental challenges; from writing off Ghana’s debt in 2007 to massive infrastructure and technological breakthroughs in the area of energy, transport, telecommunication, and building construction, China has now become a major developmental partner for Ghana as well as a top trading partner in recent years. The move by Ghana to go ‘beyond aid’ was born out of the need for the country to chart its own development path by prudently managing the country’s natural resources and financing its development agenda without depending on external assistance. In other words, the country will be in-charge of its own reforms and development agendas rather than allowing priorities to be set by donor partners and institutions. In addition, the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda aims at equal partnership and mutual benefits with developmental partners. The paper argues that, Ghana and China have come a long way through mutual cooperation, trust and respect. Four decades ago, China embarked on aggressive economic reforms that propelled its economy from low-income to high-income status, thus, as Ghana is seeking to replicate China’s success story by undergoing similar reforms through its ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda, the bilateral relations between the two countries will further be deepened, moving it to greater heights. The impact of the reforms will be mutually beneficial and the prospects are equally promising.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Introduction
• Ⅰ. Background of ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’
• Ⅱ. The Impact of ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ on Ghana-China Political Relations
• Ⅲ. The Impact of ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ On Ghana-China Economic Cooperation
• Ⅳ. The Prospects & Trends
• Ⅴ. Conclusion
• Recommendations
• Bibliography
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