Deborah Brautigam on China's Return on Investment in Africa

Deborah Brautigam is one of the preeminent scholars of the China-Africa relationship and serves as the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy and director of the China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. Dr. Brautigam is also the author of numerous books, including Will Africa Feed China? (2015), The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa (2010), and Chinese Aid an

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