China Development Finance

Katherine Walsh

Senior Program Manager

kwalsh@aiddata.org

Summary

Katherine is a Senior Program Manager on the Chinese Development Finance Program team. She supports the team in tracking underreported financial flows by conducting quality assurance, managing research assistants, and contributing to data analysis. Prior to joining AidData, Katherine gained extensive experience through her work as a part-time resource and a student researcher for the team.

Education

B.A. (International Honors), William & Mary and the University of St. Andrews

Background

February 27, 2025

Chasing copper and cobalt: China’s mining operations in Peru and the DRC

As Beijing employs a global playbook to secure access to transition minerals, two countries of focus for its development finance portfolio have emerged: Peru and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Profile

Las Bambas Copper Mine: Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals

Katherine Walsh

2025-02-27

Profile

Toromocho Copper Mine: Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals

Katherine Walsh

2025-02-27

Profile

Tenke Fungurume Copper-Cobalt Mine: Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals

Jacqueline Zimmerman, Katherine Walsh

2025-02-27

Methodology

Tracking China’s Transition Mineral Financing: Methodology and Approach, Version 1.0

Katherine Walsh, Sheng Zhang, Ammar A. Malik, Brooke Escobar, and Jacqueline Zimmerman

2025-02-25

Policy Report

Power Playbook: Beijing’s Bid to Secure Overseas Transition Minerals

Brooke Escobar, Ammar A. Malik, Sheng Zhang, Katherine Walsh, Alexandra Joosse, Bradley C. Parks, Jacqueline Zimmerman, and Rory Fedorochko

2025-01-28

Methodology

Tracking Chinese Development Finance: An Application of AidData’s TUFF 3.0 Methodology

Samantha Custer, Axel Dreher, Thai-Binh Elston, Brooke Escobar, Rory Fedorochko, Andreas Fuchs, Siddhartha Ghose, Joyce Jiahui Lin, Ammar A. Malik, Bradley C. Parks, Kyra Solomon, Austin Strange, Michael J. Tierney, Lydia Vlasto, Katherine Walsh, Fei Wang, Lincoln Zaleski, and Sheng Zhang

2023-11-06

Policy Report

Belt and Road Reboot: Beijing’s Bid to De-Risk Its Global Infrastructure Initiative

Bradley C. Parks, Ammar A. Malik, Brooke Escobar, Sheng Zhang, Rory Fedorochko, Kyra Solomon, Fei Wang, Lydia Vlasto, Katherine Walsh, and Seth Goodman

2023-11-06

Methodology

Tracking Chinese Development Finance: An Application of AidData’s TUFF 2.0 Methodology

Samantha Custer, Axel Dreher, Thai-Binh Elston, Andreas Fuchs, Siddharta Ghose, Joyce Jiahui Lin, Ammar A. Malik, Bradley C. Parks, Brooke Russell, Kyra Solomon, Austin Strange, Michael J. Tierney, Katherine Walsh, Lincoln Zaleski, Sheng Zhang

2021-09-29

Policy Report

Banking on the Belt and Road: Insights from a new global dataset of 13,427 Chinese development projects

Ammar A. Malik, Bradley Parks, Brooke Russell, Joyce Jiahui Lin, Katherine Walsh, Kyra Solomon, Sheng Zhang, Thai-Binh Elston, Seth Goodman

2021-09-29

China Global South Project Tracking China’s Dominance of the Transition Minerals Trade

China Global South Project

Tracking China’s Dominance of the Transition Minerals Trade

2025-02-28