OECD Development Center
Working Paper No. 293Before the global economic crisis, Africa experienced a decade long surge
in cross-border investment and growth. On the occasion of a lecture at
Renmin University, Beijing in China on 25 August 2010, South Africa’s
President Jacob Zuma pointed out, referring to the OECD Perspectives
on Global Development 2010, that a decade ago OECD countries were
his country’s largest trading partners. ‚Last year,‛ Zuma contrasted,
‚China became South Africa’s largest trading partner.‛
