China encourages lending to Africa in search of high returns on investments and a global reputation as a supporter of poor countries, said Edward Miguel, Oxfam professor in Environmental Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. It is trying to "equal the U.S." as a donor country, he said.
Ubushinwa bushishikariza Afurika mu gufata inguzanyo ku nyungu nyinshi no mubijyanye n' ishoramari ndetse no ku isi hose murwego rwo gushyigikira ibihugu bikennye, nk'uko byatangajwe na Edward Miguel, umwarimu wa Oxfam mu bijyanye n'ubukungu bushingiye ku bidukikije muri kaminuza ya Californiya, Berkeley yavuze ko  Ubushinwa buri kugerageza kumera kimwe na Amerika" nk'igihugu cy'abaterankunga.