AidData — A Research Lab at William & Mary

The First Tranche Blog

AidData wins two-year Ford Foundation grant to close the evidence gap on China’s Belt and Road Initiative

2020-10-23

Ford Foundation grants AidData $200,000 to examine Chinese development finance.

The First Tranche Blog

Open Data Center for Health enables Côte d’Ivoire’s health workers to improve HIV program coverage

2020-09-09

The First Tranche Blog

Chinese infrastructure investments shift economic activity, reduce spatial inequalities, finds new paper

2020-08-18

magazine.wm.edu

Tracking China: AidData Sheds Light on Chinese Foreign Aid

AidData’s research on China’s official finance is featured in William & Mary’s magazine.

Methodology

Counting the Costs

Mihir Prakash, Mengfan Cheng, Suzanne Schadel, Marco Kamiya

Policy Report

Kuwekeza Katika Maisha ya Watu wa Kenya

Working Paper

Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries

New Working Papers

Working Paper #

102

Land Deals and Social Fabrics: The Impact of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions on Social Trust in sub-Saharan Africa

Alexander Leibik, Tim Wegenast

August 5, 2020

Working Paper #

101

How Information about Foreign Aid Affects Public Spending Decisions: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Malawi

Brigitte Seim, Ryan Jablonski, Johan Ahlbäck

July 20, 2020

Working Paper #

100

When Does Transparency Improve Institutional Performance? Evidence from 20,000 Aid Projects in 183 Countries

Dan Honig, Ranjit Lall, Bradley C. Parks

July 14, 2020

Working Paper #

Do WHO Epidemic Declarations Matter? Evidence from the Meningitis Belt

Belinda Archibong, Francis Annan, Uche Ekhator-Mobayode

July 9, 2020

Working Paper #

Evaluating water- and health-related development projects: A cross-project and microbased approach

Christina Greßer, David Stadelmann

July 9, 2020

Working Paper #

Chinese Aid and Health at the Country and Local Level

John Cruzatti, Axel Dreher, Johannes Matzat

May 28, 2020

Programs

Catalyzing innovation in data, methods, and tools in five program areas that inform and empower development organizations, decision-makers, and stakeholders.

Geospatial Data & Tools for Analysis

Geospatial Impact Evaluations

Listening to Leaders

Sustainable Development Intelligence

Transparent Development Footprints

AidData's Research In the News

US contributions to Kenya estimated at over Sh300 billion annually – report

The Star

As Africa Faces COVID-19, Chinese Debt Relief is a Welcome Development

Council on Foreign Relations

China surpasses western government African university scholarships

The Financial Times

Achieving urban sustainable development in the face of COVID-19

Reuters

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?