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New study shines a light on Beijing’s secretive international lending program
AidData wins two-year Ford Foundation grant to close the evidence gap on China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Chinese infrastructure investments shift economic activity, reduce spatial inequalities, finds new paper
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Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance
Elites, the aid curse, and Chinese development finance: A conjoint survey experiment on elites’ aid preferences in 141 low- and middle-income countries
A Comparative Study of Traditional Donors and Non-traditional Donors in Sri Lanka
Spotlight on PRC Engagement in Honduras Relative to Central America
Connective financing: Chinese infrastructure projects and the diffusion of economic activity in developing countries
Investing in Narratives: How Beijing promotes its development projects in the Philippines
China’s hidden role in malaria control and elimination in Africa
Does India Use Development Finance to Compete With China? A Subnational Analysis
AidData’s Geospatial Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset
Beijing’s Big Bet on the Philippines: Decoding two decades of China’s financing for development
China’s AI Exports: Developing a Tool to Track Chinese Development Finance in the Global South—Technical Documentation
China's AI Exports: Technology Distribution and Data Safety
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Datasets
Beijing’s Big Bet on the Philippines: Decoding two decades of China’s financing for development, Version 1.0
China’s AI Exports Database (CAIED)
AidData's Geospatial Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 3.0
AidData's Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 3.0
BRI-Tagged Chinese Official Finance Dataset, Version 1.0
China's Official Seaport Finance Dataset, 2000-2021
China as an International Lender of Last Resort Dataset, Version 1.0.1
AidData’s Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 2.0
AidData's Geocoded Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset, Version 1.1.1
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Data innovation in conflict zones: Collecting and utilizing data to guide climate resilience and security policy in Afghanistan
Reputational Security: The Imperative To Reinvest In U.S. Strategic Communications Capabilities
Launch of the 2023 Development Co-operation Report, "Debating the Aid System"
Cooperation Amid Crisis: How Can Multilateral Organizations Position Themselves to Help Countries Mitigate and Manage Shocks?
Imagining a Dynamic Policy for Gender Mainstreaming in Pakistan
Pakistonomy: Understanding China's BRI Impact
China in East Africa: Lessons for The Developing World
China Research Group: Banking on the Belt and Road
2022 Global Development Forum: Global Disruptions in International Development
America's Role in the World: International Development in an Era of Great Power Competition
Sri Lanka's Economy on Life Support: Causes, Lessons, and Solutions
How to build a data-driven public service: Inclusive data practices
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Can the United States Rival China in Latin America?
China owed $385bn – including ‘hidden debt’ from poorer nations, says report
The cost of China's help
Comment la Chine tient les pays en développement par la dette
En Zambie, la dette «cachée» vis-à-vis de la Chine
Diese Schuldenliste entlarvt Chinas wahre Absichten
Warning over Chinese lending
China’s international funding double that of US
Is China a big spender or a loan shark?
China: Big spender or loan shark?
‘Hidden debt’ on China’s Belt and Road tops $385bn, says new study
$385bn of China's Belt and Road lending kept undisclosed: report
China outspending U.S. and Japan in overseas development finance, study shows
China’s Belt and Road plans losing momentum as opposition, debt mount – study
China infrastructure drive traps poor nations with $385 billion 'hidden debt': Study
China outspending U.S., Japan in overseas development finance: study
China's hidden foreign lending
Hidden Debt Plagues China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Plan, Studies Find
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