About
Evidence. Analysis. Collaboration.
our mission
Promoting research, conducting evidence-based analysis, fostering collaboration, and training future leaders to better understand the economic and political dimensions of China-Africa relations and their implications for human security and global development.
Launched in 2014, the SAIS China Africa Research Initiative (SAIS-CARI) is based at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington D.C. SAIS-CARI was set up to promote evidence-based understanding of the relations between China and African countries through high quality data collection, field research, conferences, and collaboration.
Contact us
China Africa Research Initiative
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
1717 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 723
Washington DC 20036
Email: sais-cari@jhu.edu
Our People
Grants
CARI’s grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York supports:
Development of a rigorous database to track Chinese finance and investments in Africa; construction and maintenance of the CARI website; publication of newsletters, working papers, and policy briefs; hosting of conferences, roundtables, and workshops; CARI fellowship program for scholars, journalists, researchers and practitioners.
In the past, our work has received support from the Smith Richardson Foundation and a joint research initiative of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Department For International Development (DFID), Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL).
CARI’s work was also supported by a grant from the UK’s Department for International Development and the Economic and Social Research Council (DFID/ESRC).