Sino-African trade reached 40 billion dollars in 2005, to reach 100 billion dollars in 2010. This study measures China's support to Côte d'Ivoire (aid, donations, grants, loans) and the impact of this aid on the economy.
The people of the Sahel — that huge region stretching along the southern edge of the Sahara Desert — are still striving to recover from the fallout of the terrible droughts that have afflicted the area since 1973.