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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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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
Events
How to Measure Development Outcomes Using Geospatial Data for Impact Evaluation
Ties That Bind: Chinese Public Diplomacy in East Asia and the Pacific
Influencing the Narrative: Beijing's Public Diplomacy in East Asia & the Pacific
Silk Road Diplomacy: Deconstructing Beijing's Toolkit to Influence South and Central Asia
Beyond the #TyrannyOfAverages: Are we worsening inequality within countries?
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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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