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title: "Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC): Explained"
description: "The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor is a 2017 India-Japan initiative aimed at enhancing infrastructure and connectivity between Asia and Africa."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor is an India-Japan economic cooperation initiative, unveiled in 2017, to develop infrastructure and connectivity across Asia and Africa through consultative, demand-led partnership.
- Is the AAGC explicitly a counter to China's Belt and Road Initiative?
- Does the AAGC have its own funding mechanism or secretariat?
- How does the AAGC relate to the Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy?
- Why is the AAGC considered to have stalled?

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