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Chinese entrepreneurial migrants in Ghana: Socioeconomic impacts and Ghanaian trader attitudes

Opoku Dankwah, Kwaku; Valenta, Marko
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Date
2019
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Original version
The Journal of Modern African Studies. 2019, 57 (1), .   10.1017/S0022278X18000678
Abstract
This article explores attitudes of Ghanaian traders towards an increasing Chinese influx into Ghanaian trading spaces and the impacts of Chinese merchants on Ghanaian traders and trading spaces. Despite a late entrance of Chinese merchants into Ghanaian trading spaces relative to Lebanese, Indians and Nigerians, the abrupt change in size of the Chinese trading community along with its huge capital and cheap goods have had big impacts on local trading spaces. We maintain that relations between Ghanaian traders and Chinese counterparts may be roughly described as complementary, collaborative and competitive. While the Chinese impacts are seen as positive by some Ghanaian traders and landlords, they are negative for others. Yet, we argue that these relations are also nuanced and rooted in each Ghanaian trader's position amidst the Chinese presence. This article contributes to the literature on dynamics of South-to-South movements. It adds to growing studies on contemporary Chinese emigrations and accompanying impacts in host communities.
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
Journal
The Journal of Modern African Studies

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