Chinese Development in Ecological Hotspots

This sub-nationally georeferenced dataset of Chinese official finance activities between 2000 and 2014 tracks $149,159,306,133.72 of commitments in three ecologically sensitive regions -- the Tropical Andes in South America, the Great Lakes of Africa, and the Mekong Delta in Southeast Asia. It includes 1,158 projects covering 2,224 locations using data collected with AidData's Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows (TUFF) methodology. All tables in the data folder can be joined by the project_id attribute. This data was created using funds from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Grant # 14-106444-000-INP). Please direct any questions or comments to data@aiddata.org.