Chinese Official finance to Africa
AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset, 2000-2013, Version 1.2
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Summary
The 1.2 version of AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset tracks 2,647 development finance activities in Africa from 2000 to 2013. The data includes both Chinese aid and non-concessional official financing.
Official Citation
Strange, Austin M., Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, and Michael J. Tierney. 2017. Tracking Underreported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid–Conflict Nexus Revisited. Journal of Conflict Resolution 61 (5): 935-963.
Metadata
Version
Version 1.2
(Most Current Version)
(Most Current Geocoded Version)
Methodology
Geocoded
SDG Coded
Natural Resource Concessions
TUFF
Survey Results
Specifications
File Size:
Publication Date:
Sep 2015
Starting Year:
2000
Ending Year:
2013
Number of Entries:
2,647
Total Amount Tracked:
Currency:
2011 USD
Full Description
The 1.2 version of AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset tracks 2,647 development finance activities in Africa from 2000 to 2013. The data includes both Chinese aid and non-concessional official financing. The dataset was generated using a novel, open-source data collection methodology (TUFF) that triangulates project information across a range of data sources including media reports, Aid Information Management Systems, scholarly articles and recipient or provider ministry websites.