AidData — A Research Lab at William & Mary

As development finance shifts, AidData event explores Indo-Pacific prospects for aid and credit deals

2025-04-21

Moderator Felix Salmon, chief financial correspondent at Axios, takes a question from attendees during an AidData panel discussion on March 19, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by AidData’s Sam Gruber, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

Experts in international development finance from the public sector and academia shared insights at a panel discussion in Washington, D.C.

ThE First Tranche Blog

Global South leaders from 148 countries reflect on a changing development landscape

2025-04-14

This satellite image shows an agricultural region southwest of Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. Agriculture is Zambia’s main source of income and jobs; the green circular shapes are an example of pivot irrigation, fed by water from the nearby Kafue River, visible here. Image by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

ThE First Tranche Blog

Mapping the future of climate-smart agriculture with geospatial impact evaluations

2025-03-24

Policy Report

Listening to Leaders 2025: Development cooperation over a decade of disruption

Policy Brief

U.S. Sanctions and the Global South: Navigating Networked Resistance, Competing Narratives, and Unintended Consequences

Policy Brief

Into the Breach: Will China Step Up as the U.S. Retreats on Global Development?

Into the Breach

Will China Step Up as the U.S. Retreats on Global Development?

Drawing upon more than a decade of AidData’s research to provide objective, fact-based analysis of how the U.S. and China have traditionally supported development in low- and middle-income countries.

Policy Brief

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About AidData

We use rigorous methods, cutting-edge tools, and granular data on international development to answer the question: who is doing what, where, for whom, and to what effect?