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Extending AidData’s global reach and impact through a new training initiative
AidData launches new Geospatial Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset
Young minds, global insights: The student experience on AidData’s TUFF Team
AidData and RAND release new dataset, report on China’s AI exports
Belt and Road bounces back, as Beijing seeks to future-proof its flagship global infrastructure initiative
AidData’s China data wins 2023 Best Dataset Award from IPES
How far can the BRI take China? AidData authors examine one possible geopolitical gain: naval ports
“一带一路”救助贷款达到创纪录水平,引发对中国旗舰全球基础设施计划前途的质疑
Belt and Road bailout lending reaches record levels, raising questions about the future of China’s flagship global infrastructure program
AidData wins grant from the Ford Foundation to track latest trends in China’s overseas development program
W&M hosts inaugural conference on China’s global influence
Competing visions for the Indian Ocean: China’s influence in South and Central Asia
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Is Beijing a predatory lender? New evidence from a previously undisclosed loan contract for the Entebbe International Airport Upgrading and Expansion Project
Chinese Aid and Health at the Country and Local Level
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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
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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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Factbox: China-Russia trade has surged as countries grow closer
China ready to soften economic blow to Russia from Ukraine sanctions
China rejects accusations it is setting 'debt traps' all around the Pacific
How Chinese firms have dominated African infrastructure
Nigeria looks to Europe for funding as Chinese lenders move away from costly projects in Africa
Pekings harte Schuldenpolitik – Entwicklungsländern droht ein verlorenes Jahrzehnt
Pékin-Moscou, l’axe anti-occidental
Argentina’s IMF deal offers a warning on emerging market debt
Secret contracts show how China structures loans to become Africa’s “preferred” lender
China applies brakes to Africa lending
China: Is it burdening poor countries with unsustainable debt?
Uganda Finds China’s Leverage Is in the Fine Print of Its Lending
2022中国经济展望: “5时代”元年的机会与风险
Indonesia breaks ground on China-backed 'green' industrial zone on Borneo
Laos opens scenic railway built on a mountain of Chinese debt
Why China Is In Africa - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know
United States pledges to help Indo-Pacific countries build better infrastructure
Entebbe Airport gone or not?
Kenya paid China Sh29bn to ease debt repayment standoff
China faces pushback on BRI initiatives
China's failure is Europe's opportunity; 300 billion euros for the Balkans and Africa
Laos to open Chinese-built railway amid fears of Beijing’s influence
Laos-China railway to launch as debt to Beijing mounts
Debt-trapped: Sri Lanka, Laos, and now Uganda?
China’s BRI Lending: $385 Billion in ‘Hidden Debts’
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