U.S. House of Representatives Hearing

All roads lead to Beijing?

AidData's Executive Director Dr. Brad Parks provided testimony before the U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the U.S. and the CCP.

Written Testimony ↗Watch Recording ↗
ThE First Tranche Blog

The BRI at 10: A report card from the Global South

2024-03-26

Flags of the world. Photo by MyCreative/Adobe Stock, used under the Standard license.

A new AidData report analyzes the first survey to systematically capture perceptions of China’s BRI among leaders who make and shape development policy in the Global South, and presents some recommendations on how other donors should respond.

Liberian survivors of Ebola leave their handprints on a wall of the Bong County Ebola Treatment Unit, the USAID-run facility that saved their lives. Once recovered, several Ebola survivors returned to work alongside USAID staff treating patients. Photo by Adam Parr/USAID via Flickr, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED.
ThE First Tranche Blog

From fragmentation to focus: Revitalizing U.S. development strategy

2024-03-04

Artist's rendering of terrain in sub-Saharan Africa. Image by Anton Balazh/Adobe, used under the Standard license.
ThE First Tranche Blog

How we can use geospatial data and methods to better evaluate critical agricultural programs

2024-02-19

Investing in Tanzania's People | Kuwekeza kwa Watu wa Tanzania

Policy Report

Investing in Tanzania's People | Kuwekeza kwa Watu wa Tanzania

BRI From the Ground Up: Leaders from 129 countries evaluate a decade of Beijing’s signature initiative

Policy Report

BRI From the Ground Up: Leaders from 129 countries evaluate a decade of Beijing’s signature initiative

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

Policy Report

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

About AidData

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AidData's Research In the News

Angola agrees deal with Chinese state bank to ease debt crunch

The Financial Times

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Associated Press

China’s financial clout will be hard to reverse

Reuters

Africa is juggling rival powers like no other continent

The Economist

New Working Papers

Working Paper #
127

Transport infrastructure and the spatial distribution of CO2 emissions

Martin Kleimann, Hans-Jörg Schmerera

January 31, 2024

Working Paper #
126

Aiding education? The effect of international aid on local educational enrolment in Nigeria

Roos Haer and Gudrun Østby

November 30, 2023

Working Paper #
125

Landmine Clearance and Economic Development: Evidence from Nighttime Lights, Multispectral Satellite Imagery, and Conflict Events in Afghanistan

Christian Baehr, Ariel BenYishay, Rachel Sayers, Kunwar Singh, Madeleine Walker

May 12, 2023

Programs

China’s Global Engagement

Systematically tracking China's portfolio of overseas investments and soft power activities

Foreign Policy Influence

Quantifying the economic and soft power tools of China, Russia, and the United States

Gender Equity in Development

Innovation in research to reduce gender bias in development

GeoQuery

Enabling the next generation of geospatial analysis

Geospatial Tools and Impact Evaluations

Innovation and rigor to measure impact more effectively

Listening to Leaders

Perspectives of leaders in low- and middle-income countries