TY - UNPB ID - theses_frw3792 M1 - master N2 - Recent western news regarding the economic situation in Africa has been dominated by the accusation that China is applying a debt trap policy in Sub Saharan Africa. However, many scientific arguments disprove this debt trap accusation. This research therefore attempts to create a better framework to assess Chinese behavior in Sub Saharan Africa. It uses a quantitative and a qualitative method to discover whether predatory lending techniques bear similarities to Chinese lending tactics. The research found out that indebted countries share characteristics with predatory lending victims. In addition, China uses similar tactics as predatory lenders to increase debt levels in African countries. EP - 48 AV - public TI - Do predatory lending techniques share similarities with Chinese lending practices in Sub-Saharan Africa? Y1 - 2022/// UR - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3792/ A1 - Wolde, J.P. de ER -