AidData — A Research Lab at William & Mary

Global South leaders from 148 countries reflect on a changing development landscape

2025-04-14

A new AidData report leverages ten years of surveys to understand how development partnership has evolved over a decade.

This satellite image shows an agricultural region southwest of Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. Agriculture is Zambia’s main source of income and jobs; the green circular shapes are an example of pivot irrigation, fed by water from the nearby Kafue River, visible here. Image by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

ThE First Tranche Blog

Mapping the future of climate-smart agriculture with geospatial impact evaluations

2025-03-24

Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power and the Commercial Director of Lobito Port Mário Salomão look out over the Port of Lobito in Angola. Photo by USAID via Flickr, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

ThE First Tranche Blog

How can Angola leverage its position effectively amid U.S.-China competition in Africa?

2025-03-17

Policy Report

Listening to Leaders 2025: Development cooperation over a decade of disruption

Policy Brief

U.S. Sanctions and the Global South: Navigating Networked Resistance, Competing Narratives, and Unintended Consequences

Policy Brief

Into the Breach: Will China Step Up as the U.S. Retreats on Global Development?

Into the Breach

Will China Step Up as the U.S. Retreats on Global Development?

Drawing upon more than a decade of AidData’s research to provide objective, fact-based analysis of how the U.S. and China have traditionally supported development in low- and middle-income countries.

Policy Brief

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About AidData

We use rigorous methods, cutting-edge tools, and granular data on international development to answer the question: who is doing what, where, for whom, and to what effect?