@article{MAKHILLTSS20138122387,
    title = {China’s Foreign Aid to Africa: Socio-Economic Impact of the Tazara Aid Project on Tanzania},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {8},
    number = {1},
    pages = {34-41},
    year = {2013},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2013.34.41},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2013.34.41},
    author = {Chuka and},
    keywords = {Socio-economic,foreign policy,project,technology,Tanzania},
    abstract = {The study researches Chinese aid relationship with Africa 
  mirrored in the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) aid project with a view to 
  analyzing its socio-economic impact on the lives of the people of Tanzania. 
  The idea of a rail link between Tanzania and Zambia dates back to the colonial 
  era. But, the impetus for the actual construction developed in 1965. Appeals 
  for assistance were made to the West but were rejected. China came in when the 
  hope on the West was disappointed. Following President Nyerere’s 
  visits and appeals to China in 1967 China agreed to finance the project. The 
  Tazara linked Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia with Dares-Salaam in Tanzania. It was 
  the biggest aid commitment at the time costing about 400 million dollars. The 
  study adopts the inter-dependence theory as its theoretical and analytical framework 
  for the discussion of aid in Chinese relationship with Africa. The findings 
  are that the railway aid project was significant in a number of positive ways 
  and therefore developing to the economy and the state of Tanzania. Among other 
  things, the Chinese involvement in the project demonstrated that despite the 
  ravages of the cultural revolution and the effect that this had on Chinese foreign 
  policy, China remained committed to Africa. By signing the deal on the project 
  at the height of the revolution, China signaled to the continent of Africa of 
  its commitment to her development and liberation from the shackles of imperialism 
  and colonial hang-over. On its completion, the project by its process had transferred 
  technology to Tanzania and left rural lives significantly transformed.}
    }