China and India – the Asian Driver economies – have a rapidly increasing presence in sub-Saharan Africa. This provides both opportunity (complementary impacts) and threat (competitive impacts). These impacts are evidenced both directly as a consequence of growing bilateral links with SSA economies, and indirectly as a consequence of the growing global footprint of the Asian Driver economies. The impacts are felt in a wide variety of spheres – including on the economy; in politics; in the flows of people, culture and ideas; and on the environment.

The European Journal of Development Research calls for papers for a Special Issue to be devoted to the impact of the Asian Driver economies on SSA. Submissions can be in any discipline in the social sciences and preference will be given to scholarly submissions from SSA, or involving SSA co-authors. However, submissions will also be considered from sources if they directly address the impact of the Asian Driver economies on SSA.

As examples, papers may address the political impact of China and India on and in SSA; on the environment, on industry, on the agricultural sector, on services; and on flows of aid, investment and people.

Funding permitting, a workshop will be held to discuss the penultimate drafts of all papers accepted for publication. Submissions should be addressed to either of the joint editors by end-December 2008, with a view to publishing the Special Issue in 2009.

Submissions should follow EJDR guidelines - [email protected]