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Bernard L. Schwartz Professor in International Political Economy
Director of China-Africa Research Initiative
Dr. Deborah Bräutigam is the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy and Director of the China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Her most recent books include The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa (OUP, 2010) and Will Africa Feed China? (OUP, 2015). Before joining SAIS in 2012, she taught at Columbia University and American University. Dr. Bräutigam’s teaching and research focus on international development strategies, governance, and foreign aid.
She has twice won the Fulbright research award and is a recipient of fellowships from the Council on Foreign Relations, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and research grants from the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Centre for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR).
She has served as a consultant for Transparency International, the United Nations, the World Bank, DFID, GIZ, DANIDA, the African Development Bank, and USAID, and has provided commentary to the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Guardian, CNN, NPR, Al-Jazeera, VOA, CCTV, and MSNBC. Dr. Bräutigam has been a visiting scholar at the World Bank, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and advised more than a dozen governments on China-Africa relations. Her PhD is from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
Brautigam, D. (2016). Will Africa feed China? Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Brautigam, D. (2009). The dragons gift: The real story of China in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Deborah Brautigam interviewed in Quartz, 04/01
Deborah Brautigam cited in Deutsche Welle, 03/31
Deborah Brautigam quoted in Bloomberg, 03/29
Deborah Brautigam quoted in Financial Times, 03/29
Deborah Brautigam quoted in Bloomberg, 03/29
Deborah Bräutigam wrote in The Washington Post, 02/26
Deborah Bräutigam quoted on Agence-France Presse, 12/30
Deborah Bräutigam quoted in South China Morning Post, 12/02