Africa Now -- About the editors -- List of tables -- table 3.1 ONGC investments in Africa -- table 3.2 Other oil companies in Africa -- table 3.3 India's trade with Africa -- table 3.4 Presence of Tata in Africa 1991-2006 -- table 6.1 Indian development assistance outflow -- table 6.2 India's aid and technical assistance outflows -- table 6.3 Ongoing Indian development cooperation activities with African regional/multilateral bodies -- table 6.4 Terms and conditions of Indian lines of credit -- table 6.5 Indian aid, trade and investment flows in Africa: geographical distribution -- table 6.6 Financing for trade -- table 7.1 G2LSLS IV regression result: dependent variable log of third market imports -- table 7.2 Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between the RCAIs of African exporters and the Asian drivers -- table 8.1 Sectoral distribution of outward Chinese FDI stock -- table 8.2 China's OFDI outflows - regional distribution (stock) -- table 11.1 Ranking of countries by size of troop contribution to UN peacekeeping missions -- table 13.1 Chinese engagement in Zambia, 1967-2006 -- table 15.1 Number of visas issued to Chinese nationals -- table 15.2 China's exploration and production assets in Angola -- table 15.3 India-Angola trade -- table 16.1 Sectoral distribution of Chinese companies in Zambia -- List of figures -- figure 3.1 India's active lines of credit as of March 2006 -- figure 6.1 Indian development cooperation instruments -- figure 6.2 Indian lines of credit outlay -- figure 6.3 Institutions and activity flow chart for approval of an LOC -- figure 6.4 Institutions and activity flow chart after signing of an LOC -- figure 8.1 Positioning for emerging market companies -- figure 15.1 China-Angola trade volume -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Foreword.

Introduction - Africa in the twenty-first century: strategic and development challenges -- China and India as preferred partners -- Exit the Washington Consensus! Enter the Southern Consensus! -- Scope of the book -- PART ONE

Cultural cooperation: to make friends first -- The evolution of Sino-African development cooperation, 1955-79 -- China-Africa relations in the post-1970s reform period -- The post-1990 reforms -- Reinventing cultural diplomacy in the service of globalization -- Key programmes for promoting Chinese cultural diplomacy -- Conclusion -- 5

table 6.5 Indian aid, trade and investment flows in Africa: geographicaldistribution -- If it is not ODA then is it Aid for Trade? -- table 6.6 Financing for trade -- What's the issue of tied aid vis-à-vis export credit? -- The role of Indian development cooperation in 'oil for infrastructure' deals -- Conclusion -- PART THREE

The politics of trade, women traders and textiles in Togo and Ghana -- Navigating Chinese penetration of local markets: a tale of two traders -- Conclusions -- PART FOUR

table 15.1 Number of visas issued to Chinese nationals (2004-07).