Daniel Balongoofu

Daniel Balongoofu

Dniel Balongoofu is a research fellow at the Development Watch Centre and a resident fellow at Sino-Uganda Research Centre.

7 articles Joined February 2025
BRICS

BRICS STRUCTURE TO DEVELOPMENT MORE RELEVANT TO AFRICA

The steady traction of the emergence of the BRICS in the contemporary global order reflects a potential shift of the global governance structure to a more economic led mechanism of cooperation through trade and the formulation of coordinated political positions on global issues to secure and under guard a collective path to economic development. The […]

Daniel Balongoofu  •  Aug 24, 2023  •  4 min read
Development Assistance

Fighting Extreme Poverty: Lessons from China’s Poverty Eradication Initiative

The world bank under the poverty and inequality Platform (PIP) as of march 2023 assessed global poverty from a period of 2020 with special focus on the global south that to a larger extent is victimized by this catastrophe. The prevailing data collected from nations with functional grid systems that track levels of poverty indicate […]

Daniel Balongoofu  •  May 19, 2023  •  6 min read
Development Assistance

Learning from the best: Lessons from China’s Development Path

Just like Uganda, China was predominantly an agricultural economy with basic traits of home consumption right before the country started to undergo a series of guided reforms that ushered the economy into a modern-day market-based economy that China inherits. However, China’s success story paints an independent model of transitioning alien to the largely western fronted […]

Daniel Balongoofu  •  Mar 21, 2023  •  6 min read
Development Assistance

The Partnership of Development: Lessons from China-Uganda Relations

China and Uganda share a rich historical background of diplomacy and economic relations. The two countries established diplomatic relations in 1962 which subsequently paved way for trade and economic relations. Bilateral relations between Uganda and China entered a new stage of development in 1986 with bilateral cooperation expanding and mutual high-level exchanges increasing. In both […]

Daniel Balongoofu  •  Oct 28, 2022  •  4 min read
Development Assistance

The King Fisher Project is a textbook of Example Of A Mutually Beneficial Partnership

In 2016, the diplomatic relations between China and Uganda assumed a new mile stone when the two nations agreed to elevate their relations to the level of comprehensive co-operation partnership. This meant new heights of co-operation through harmonizing foreign and domestic policies to achieve social- economic transformation and building a community with a shared future […]

Daniel Balongoofu  •  Oct 10, 2022  •  4 min read
Development Assistance

Building a Community With a Shared Future: A Liberal view of Sino-Uganda Relations

To understand Sino-Uganda relations and Sino-Africa relations in general, the role of China to the economic development of Uganda can be best understood by evoking liberalism as a profound theory in understanding mainstream international relations. Today, mutual benefit philosophy and common prosperity are central in when describing the relations between Kampala and Beijing and broadly, […]

Daniel Balongoofu  •  Jun 9, 2022  •  5 min read