TY - CHAP TI - Aid to Infrastructure Development in Sub Saharan Africa: An Assessment of China Financing Approaches AU - Diakité, A.D. T2 - China-Africa: New Types of Exchange, Cultural Identity and Emerging Relations in a Globalized World CY - Macau DA - 2010/// PY - 2010 SP - 205 EP - 227 PB - Saint Joseph Academic Press ER - TY - JOUR TI - An Exploratory Study of Macao's Role as an Arbitration Seat and Venue for Sino-Luso Commercial Disputes AU - Si, Leung Cheok AU - Diakite, Ansoumane Douty T2 - Revista Opinião Jurídica (Fortaleza) AB - Objective: Over the past decade, arbitration has grown in popularity as a method of resolving commercial disputes worldwide. However, this practice is relatively new in Macao SAR. Recently, official plans were announced to make Macao as a seat of arbitration for commercial disputes between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (Hereinafter PSCs). This article is dedicated to explores the possibility of Macao undertaking and implementing such a role. Accordingly, this article addresses the following issues: What are the strengths and weaknesses of Macao as a seat and eventually as venue for hosting international commercial arbitration between Chinese and PSCs entrepreneurs?Methodology: A mixed-method approach of legal doctrinal and empirical research was used in this article. We first included a thorough study of the concept of arbitration followed by analysis of various legal journals and legislations, including Macao, China, and PSCs’ arbitration laws. An empirical research was then used to collect data by surveying and interviewing with both lawyers and arbitration practitioners from Macao, China and PSCs.Results: This article argues that the strength of Macao resides in the similarities between its legal system and that of the China and PSCs and the languages advantage (Chinese and Portuguese both official languages). In spite of this, arbitration is still relatively underutilized in the region, and there is a limited number of arbitrators and legal professionals with bilingual proficiency.Contributions: This article contributes to the identification of the opportunities and challenges that Macao faces in its potential future development as a seat/venue of arbitration between China and the PSCs. DA - 2023/02/07/ PY - 2023 DO - 10.12662/2447-6641oj.v21i36.p181-204.2023 DP - periodicos.unichristus.edu.br VL - 21 IS - 36 SP - 181 EP - 204 LA - en SN - 2447-6641 UR - https://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/opiniaojuridica/article/view/4504 AN - Lawyers, Arbitrators and Jurists Y2 - 2023/02/08/03:50:51 KW - China KW - Macao KW - arbitraje internacional comercial KW - international commercial arbitration KW - participante y anfitrión de arbitraje KW - países de habla portuguesa KW - portuguese-speaking countries KW - seat and venue of arbitration ER - TY - JOUR TI - An Exploratory Study on the Possibility of Harmonizing Investment Protection Regimes within the OHADA Zone AU - Diakité, A. D. AU - Thiam, A. B. T2 - Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) AB - Abstract With its large population and natural resources, Africa needs investors who can sustain its development. At the same time, foreign investors expect returns on their investments. In ... DA - 2022/02/06/ PY - 2022 DP - www.transnational-dispute-management.com IS - Special Issue J2 - TDM SN - 1875-4120 UR - https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/journal-advance-publication-article.asp?key=1942 Y2 - 2022/11/09/04:08:18 ER - TY - GEN TI - Arbitration as a dispute resolution method in Macau [Practice Notes] AU - Diakite, Ansoumane Douty AU - Cheok, Si Leung AB - The following Arbitration practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Arbitration as a dispute resolution method in Macau DA - 2023/05/19/ PY - 2023 LA - en PB - LexisNexis UR - https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/guidance/arbitration-as-a-dispute-resolution-method-in-macau Y2 - 2023/05/24/04:02:09 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Categorization of Foreign Aid Donors: A Critical Review of the Criteria in Light of China's Reemergence as a Donor AU - Diakite, Ansoumane Douty AU - Marques, João Alexandre Lobo T2 - Journal of Global South Studies AB - Over the past several decades, the dichotomy between traditional and emerging donors has been based upon the notion that emerging donors (such as China) support authoritarian regimes and use foreign aid to pursue their economic interests at the expense of the poor in the recipient countries. Accordingly, Western donors, media, and scholars portray Chinese aid as non-poverty-focused. This study aims to review and analyze whether the dichotomy between traditional and emerging donors is still relevant in the current aid system and to propose a new and rigorous criterion for recategorizing donors. In terms of methodology, this study relies on secondary data, including scholarly works on traditional and emerging donors and foreign aid policy documents. Conclusions based on the research indicate that the divide between traditional donors and (re)emerging donors is becoming more ambiguous. The literature review indicates that the two donors’ aids had a mixed impact and that their approaches were similar. This paper highlights the importance of developing different recategorization criteria depending on the impact of aid. DA - 2023/12/11/ PY - 2023 DP - journals.upress.ufl.edu VL - 40 IS - 2 LA - en SN - 2476-1419 ST - Categorization of Foreign Aid Donors UR - https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/JGSS/article/view/2381 Y2 - 2023/12/18/08:58:13 KW - China and development assistance committee donors KW - aid policies KW - categorization of donors KW - sustainable development goal KW - traditional and emerging donors ER - TY - GEN TI - Challenging arbitral tribunal jurisdiction in Macau [Practice Notes] AU - Diakite, Ansoumane Douty AB - This Practice Note considers challenges to the jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals under the Macau Arbitration Law, the scope of challenge before national courts and tribunals. DA - 2023/11/09/ PY - 2023 LA - en PB - LexisNexis UR - https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/lexispsl/arbitration/document/407801/68SP-VSY3-SMW7-X0JW-00000-00?utm_source=psl_da_mkt&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=challenging-arbitral-tribunal-jurisdiction-in-macau Y2 - 2023/05/24/04:02:09 ER - TY - BOOK TI - China-Africa: emerging relations A3 - Sousa, Ivo Carneiro de A3 - Diakite, Ansoumane Douty A3 - Iwaloye, Ojo Olukayode CN - 327.5106 CY - Macau DA - 2011/// PY - 2011 DP - Library Catalog (Koha) SP - 286 PB - Saint Joseph Academic Press SN - 9799993773411 ST - China-Africa KW - Africa China Congresses KW - China Africa Congresses KW - Relations ER - TY - JOUR TI - China’s Aid policy approach to Poverty Alleviation in the recipient country: A Case study of the Republic of Guinea AU - Diakite, Ansoumane Douty T2 - Journal of Social Studies (JSS) AB - This paper examines the extent to which China’s aid policies integrate poverty alleviation as a goal of their aid in general, particularly in Guinea. More specifically, the paper analyzed how aid donors focus on poverty alleviation and which policies and mechanisms are in place to address poverty in the countries receiving aid. Regarding the methodology, the author collected data from secondary sources, including government declarations of donors, policy documents at both the donor and recipient levels, as well as from scholarly publications. The following findings resulted from study:  China’s aid policies have progressively incorporated poverty alleviationobjectives and identified sectors for intervention against poverty. However, the limitations of China approach to poverty is that China adopts a top-down approach to poverty reduction and lacks of an impact evaluation mechanism based on poverty alleviation. DA - 2023/04/05/ PY - 2023 DO - 10.21831/jss.v19i1.52514 DP - journal.uny.ac.id VL - 19 IS - 1 SP - 15 EP - 40 LA - en SN - 2721-4036 ST - China’s Aid policy approach to Poverty Alleviation in the recipient country UR - https://journal.uny.ac.id/index.php/jss/article/view/52514 Y2 - 2023/05/23/09:49:58 KW - Aid policy KW - China KW - Guinea KW - Poverty alleviation KW - Strategy ER - TY - GEN TI - Enforcement of arbitral awards in Macau AU - Diakite, Ansoumane Douty AB - Under Macau Arbitration Law (MAL, art 64.1), an award shall be made in writing and shall be signed by the arbitrator or arbitrators. Furthermore, the law provides that in case of arbitral proceedings with more than one arbitrator, the signatures of the majority of all members of the arbitral tribunal shall suffice, provided that the reason for any omitted signature is stated (MAL, art 64.2). DA - 2024/01/08/ PY - 2024 LA - en PB - LexisNexis UR - https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/guidance/enforcement-of-arbitral-awards-in-macau ER - TY - GEN TI - Interim remedies in Macau arbitration proceedings [Practice Note] AU - Diakite, Ansoumane Douty AB - This Practice Note provides an overview of the powers of tribunals and courts to issue interim remedies including an anti-suit injunction pursuant to the Arbitration Law and the Civil Procedure Code of Macau and provisions dealing with emergency arbitrator appointments pursuant to the Macau Arbitration Law. DA - 2023/11/09/ PY - 2023 LA - en PB - LexisNexis UR - https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/lexispsl/arbitration/docfromresult/D-WA-A-AVA-AVA-MsSWAWC-UUA-UZEYAAUUW-U-U-U-U-U-U-ADUWUCVCVZ-AZEEZBCBVZ-YEWYBZYY-U-U/2/407801?lni=68SP-VSY3-SMW7-X0JV-00000-00# Y2 - 2023/05/24/04:02:09 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Motives of Traditional and Emerging Donors in Aid Giving: Comparative Study between China and France AU - Diakite, Ansoumane D. AU - Phillips, Jenny O. L. T2 - Journal of Social and Political Sciences AB - Since the beginning of bilateral aid giving in the aftermath of the Second World War, the motives for aid giving have changed from being purely political and humanitarian to a mix of different interests. While poverty reduction is frequently stated as the goal of aid giving, it is commonplace for donors to use aid to advance their national interests. The rise of new, emerging donors is creating discussion in both the political and academic fields of aid giving. Traditional or western donors see emerging donors, such as China’s efforts in aid-giving as seeking the natural resources of the recipient countries. This paper provides a historical analysis of the aid-giving motivations underlying an emerging donor, China, and a traditional donor, France. The motives for China’s and France’s aid giving to African countries, with special focus on Guinea, show a great number of similarities. DA - 2019/12/27/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.31014/aior.1991.02.04.140 DP - Zenodo VL - 2 IS - 4 SP - 1026 EP - 1037 LA - eng ST - Motives of Traditional and Emerging Donors in Aid Giving UR - https://zenodo.org/record/3594277#.YBtkopMzZTY Y2 - 2021/02/04/03:07:19 KW - Aid Giving Motives, Emerging Donor, Traditional Donor, Poverty Reduction ER - TY - JOUR TI - Perspectives of Local Communities on the Impact of Chinese Aid: A Case Study of China's Aid Projects in the Education Sector in Guinea AU - Diakite, Ansoumane Douty T2 - Journal of Globalization Studies AB - China's re-emergence as an aid donor has attracted the attention and criticism from Western donors, academia, and the media. In contrast to traditional donors, China's aid has been portrayed as anti-poverty aid, mainly due to its combination with other instruments, such as investment, and the absence of any political or economic conditions. This paper examines the impact of Chinese aid projects in Guinea's education sector from the perspective of the beneficiaries. The author collected data from both primary (interviews) and secondary (document analysis) sources. The present study concludes that China's aid projects in the education sector have received both positive and negative feedback, mainly because the recipients' needs have not been appropriately targeted. This study contributes to the literature on China's role in Africa. More specifically, it discusses the conditions for aid effectiveness in the field of education. Moreover, in the context of the globalization of aid practices, the study proposes best practices for China to adopt in order to improve the practices of its aid delivery. The novelty of this study lies in the methodology (qualitative method) used to understand China's aid from the perspective of the beneficiaries of its aid. DA - 2023/11/30/ PY - 2023 DO - 10.30884/jogs/2023.02.05 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - 85 EP - 103 J2 - JGS SN - 20758103 ST - Perspectives of Local Communities on the Impact of Chinese Aid UR - https://www.sociostudies.org/journal/articles/3611332/ Y2 - 2024/01/25/04:01:09 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Ten Spatial Problems with myGeoffice© for Teaching Purposes AU - Negreiros, Joao AU - Diakite, Ansoumane T2 - Open Journal of Social Sciences AB - For a long time, Geography did not hold a specific mathematical approach for any interpretation of space and this was the key reason why Geography degrees covered a wide variety of subjects such as demography, geology or topography to fulfill its curriculum. Yet from the 90’s, Geography finally created its own research agenda to meet four vital questions of any true geographer: “Where is …?”, “Is there a general spatial pattern?”, “What are the anomalies?” and “Why do these phenomena pursue certain spatial distribution?” The present review article addresses ten different spatial (point, regression and event) issues for learning and teaching aim where statistics play a major background role on the outcomes of myGeoffice© free Web GIS platform. These include cluster analysis, geographically weighted regression (GWR), ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, path analysis, minimum spanning tree, linear regression, space-time clustering and point patterns, for instance. Although the technical viewpoint of the algorithms is not explained at fully, this review paper makes a rather strong emphasis on the result’s interpretation, their respective meaning and when these techniques should be applied in a learning/teaching context. DA - 2019/07/09/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.4236/jss.2019.77026 DP - www.scirp.org VL - 7 IS - 7 SP - 297 EP - 317 LA - en UR - http://www.scirp.org/Journal/Paperabs.aspx?paperid=93971 Y2 - 2021/02/04/03:11:28 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Importance of Readiness for Change, a Leadership Perspective Based on a Case Study in Macau, SAR China AU - Marques, João AU - Reis, Joana AU - Phillips, Jenny O. L. AU - Diakite, Ansoumane T2 - Journal of Advanced Management Science DA - 2020/01/01/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.18178/joams.8.4.116-120 DP - ResearchGate SP - 116 EP - 120 J2 - Journal of Advanced Management Science ER -