AidData — A Research Lab at William & Mary

The First Tranche Blog

AidData maps media resilience in post-Soviet Europe and Eurasia in the face of malign foreign actors

2023-05-11

The project fills knowledge gaps with novel data covering 17 countries in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

The First Tranche Blog

Data innovation in conflict zones: Enabling insights without endangering lives

2023-03-30

The First Tranche Blog

Belt and Road bailout lending reaches record levels, raising questions about the future of China’s flagship global infrastructure program

2023-03-27

Policy Report

In the Kremlin’s Shadow: Civic Space and Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia

Working Paper

China as an International Lender of Last Resort

Innovators and Emulators: China and Russia’s Compounding Influence on Digital Censorship

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?

AidData's Research In the News

China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse

Associated Press

Mysterious Killing of Chinese Gold Miners Puts New Pressure on Beijing

The New York Times

Sudan conflict delivers fresh blow to China’s African lending strategy

The Financial Times

China Is a Loan Shark With No Legs Left to Break

Foreign Policy

New Working Papers

Working Paper #

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

Working Paper #

124

China as an International Lender of Last Resort

Sebastian Horn, Bradley C. Parks, Carmen M. Reinhart, Christoph Trebesch

March 28, 2023

Working Paper #

123

Break it down: A disaggregated analysis of the effects of aid on stunting

Dick Durevall, Ann-Sofie Isaksson

February 28, 2023

Programs

Chinese Development Finance

Systematically tracking the universe of Chinese government-financed development projects

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