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DESCRIPTION:In Southern Africa development finance has principally been the
  preserve of the international multilateral (International How China has C
 hanged the Face of Development Finance in Southern Africa - The Challenge 
 for Japan\, South Korea\, the EU and the USA Finance Corporation\, IBRD\, 
 European Investment Bank\,&nbsp\;Development&nbsp\;Bank of Southern Africa
  and the African Development&nbsp\;Bank) and bilateral agencies (Kuwait Fu
 nd\, Afd\, SIDA\, DFID\, NORAID\, USAID etc).&nbsp\;&nbsp\;The anglo-saxon
  model of&nbsp\;project conceptualization\, development and implementation
 &nbsp\;- inclusive of procurement - was followed\, leading to lengthy lead
  times before projects could be realized and infrastructure on the ground.
 &nbsp\; The entry of the Chinese in&nbsp\;this landscape in the mid 2000's
  flipped the coin. Projects were funded under entirely new arrangements\, 
 lead times to implementation were halved and&nbsp\;different working arran
 gements developed.&nbsp\; The presentation suggests that this model or var
 iation thereof\, which has been foisted on&nbsp\;Government's in the SADC 
 region is what&nbsp\;every multilateral and bilateral agency has to pursue
  for survival in the&nbsp\;development finance arena. Mr. Maphalala has ta
 ught local government\, local government finance and development at the Un
 iversity of Swaziland. In 1997 he became head of the public sector reform 
 project funded by UNDP and DFID.&nbsp\; In 2003 he joined the University o
 f Kwazulu-Natal in Durban as CEO of the Built Environment Support Group (N
 GO based at the university)\, heading a team of professionals - architects
 \, town planners and economists - focused on poverty research and housing.
 &nbsp\; In the period 2009-2011 he has headed an advisory firm based in Jo
 hannesburg advising on hospitality projects in Lesotho and Angola\; Servic
 es\; Infrastructure (PPP projects) in Namibia\; Mining in Namibia\; Shipbu
 ilding in South Africa&nbsp\;etc. He has been part of Presidential busines
 s delegations to Angola.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:MASU presents: Mhlangano Lionel Maphalala
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In Southern Africa development finance has pri
 ncipally been the preserve of the international multilateral (Internationa
 l How China has Changed the Face of Development Finance in Southern Africa
  - The Challenge for Japan\, South Korea\, the EU and the USA Finance Corp
 oration\, IBRD\, European Investment Bank\,&nbsp\;Development&nbsp\;Bank o
 f Southern Africa and the African Development&nbsp\;Bank) and bilateral ag
 encies (Kuwait Fund\, Afd\, SIDA\, DFID\, NORAID\, USAID etc).&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;The anglo-saxon model of&nbsp\;project conceptualization\, development a
 nd implementation&nbsp\;- inclusive of procurement - was followed\, leadin
 g to lengthy lead times before projects could be realized and infrastructu
 re on the ground.&nbsp\; The entry of the Chinese in&nbsp\;this landscape 
 in the mid 2000's flipped the coin. Projects were funded under entirely ne
 w arrangements\, lead times to implementation were halved and&nbsp\;differ
 ent working arrangements developed.&nbsp\; The presentation suggests that 
 this model or variation thereof\, which has been foisted on&nbsp\;Governme
 nt's in the SADC region is what&nbsp\;every multilateral and bilateral age
 ncy has to pursue for survival in the&nbsp\;development finance arena. Mr.
  Maphalala has taught local government\, local government finance and deve
 lopment at the University of Swaziland. In 1997 he became head of the publ
 ic sector reform project funded by UNDP and DFID.&nbsp\; In 2003 he joined
  the University of Kwazulu-Natal in Durban as CEO of the Built Environment
  Support Group (NGO based at the university)\, heading a team of professio
 nals - architects\, town planners and economists - focused on poverty rese
 arch and housing.&nbsp\; In the period 2009-2011 he has headed an advisory
  firm based in Johannesburg advising on hospitality projects in Lesotho an
 d Angola\; Services\; Infrastructure (PPP projects) in Namibia\; Mining in
  Namibia\; Shipbuilding in South Africa&nbsp\;etc. He has been part of Pre
 sidential business delegations to Angola.&nbsp\;
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