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by Renard Teipelke
Part II
Addressing the relationship between developed and developing coutnries, Professor Irmen (University of Luxemburg) reminded the audience that the highly developed countries will not be capable of dictating the emerging countries how to grow. London-based development expert Sanou Mbaye furthered this idea for the African case when remarking that we cannot rule out 400 years of European-African history. Despite China’s efforts on the African continent, Mbaye emphasized that the clear strategy of the rising world power has nothing to do with a sustainable development but that this evidently leads to a future relationship between China as the economic heavy weight and the African continent as her extended workbench.
