ThE First Tranche Blog

Leveraging remittances for economic recovery in Yemen

2026-04-29

Decorated house in the old town of Sanaa, Sana'a, Yemen. Photo credit: Egmont Strigl via Getty Images.

A new report by the International Growth Centre and AidData provides evidence on how global restrictions and informal transfer systems shape remittances—Yemen's single largest source of external finance.

Aerial shot of a small village in Voinjama City in Liberia. Photo by Roger via Adobe Stock, used under the Standard license.
ThE First Tranche Blog

Rehabilitating some of the world’s toughest roads: AidData and partners evaluate impacts of a nationwide project in Liberia

2026-04-03

From left, Kuniko Ashizawa of George Washington University, Alex Wooley of AidData, and Divya Mathew of AidData, during a panel discussion on March 26, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Sam Gruber, AidData.
ThE First Tranche Blog

Three powers, three playbooks: U.S., Japanese, and Chinese official financing in Southeast Asia over a quarter-century

2026-03-31

Anchoring Global Ambitions: Beijing’s Ports Financing and the Race for Maritime Dominance

Policy Report

Anchoring Global Ambitions: Beijing’s Ports Financing and the Race for Maritime Dominance

Building the Future: Development Partnerships of the U.S. and Japan in Southeast Asia

Building the Future: Development Partnerships of the U.S. and Japan in Southeast Asia

From Cash to Capital: Leveraging Remittances for Yemen’s Economic Future

Profile

From Cash to Capital: Leveraging Remittances for Yemen’s Economic Future

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?

Anchoring Global Ambitions

Beijing’s Ports Financing and the Race for Maritime Dominance

New report and dataset explore China's shifting maritime strategy, tracking nearly $24 billion in Chinese official financing for projects at 168 ports in 90 countries from 2000 to 2025.
Full Report

AidData's Research In the News

Xi Weaponizes Foreign Airspace in Campaign to Isolate Taiwan

Bloomberg

IMFs Washington Country Club is Rare and Useful

Reuters

Why Did China Buy Up the World’s Ports?

Foreign Policy

A US research institution says China's massive infrastructure financing in the Middle East is at risk due to the situation in Iran.

NHK

New Working Papers

Working Paper #
138

Framing Foreign Aid: Chinese Propaganda and Domestic Support for Checkbook Diplomacy

Shuyuan Shen, Shuyan Huang

April 16, 2026

Working Paper #
137

Public Support for Environmental Aid: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in India

Elena V. McLean, Taehee Whang, Joonseok Yang

April 16, 2026

Working Paper #
136

How China Collateralizes

Anna Gelpern, Omar Haddad, Sebastian Horn, Paulina Kintzinger, Bradley C. Parks, Christoph Trebesch

June 25, 2025

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