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India-Africa: Trade, Investments and Humanitarian Projects
Active growth of trade volume between India and Africa which has increased in twenty times since the beginning of the twenty-first century or seventy times since 1991, certainly actualized a question of features of the modern Indo-African relations. In this regard the purpose of article is con- sideration of features of policy of India to the African countries. The author does the short historical review of the Indo-African relations, and considers key spheres of realization of modern regional strategy of India on the African continent — humanitarian projects, foreign trade and investments.
The main methods of research are the comparativehistorical approach and the statistical analysis, being used for identification of positive or negative dynamics of development of the Indo-African cooperation.
Now the African region takes strategic significance for India. Rapid economic development of the African countries and increase in a standard of living of the population turn the continent into a perspective sales market of the Indian goods and services. Besides, India actively develops humanitarian projects and renders the financial help to many African countries. However, India faces set of problems and factors — geographical remoteness, the discrimination and racism, instability of political systems of many African countries and the African policy of China.
The active economic policy of China on the African continent has compelled India to develop cooperation with the countries of Africa more actively. In recent years India as well as China tries to make active and modernize the economic and humanitarian policy in Africa. Struggle for commodity markets of the goods and services in Africa makes Africa by strategic region not only in the Indo-Chinese relations, but in foreign policy of India as a whole.
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