A surge of Chinese government lending to low- and middle-income economies has reshaped international finance over the last two decades. What motivated Beijing's lending? Why is Chinese credit attractive to debtors? And how are these supply and demand factors changing?

AidData's Executive Director Brad Parks joined Nicolas Véron, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) and Mary E. Lovely, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow at PIIE or a virtual event.