Silk Road Diplomacy: Deconstructing Beijing's toolkit to influence South and Central Asia

Influencing the Narrative: China's public diplomacy in East Asia and Pacific

The First Tranche Blog

Beijing's public diplomacy spending in South and Central Asia quantified and evaluated

2019-12-10

AidData, a research lab at William & Mary, today released new data and analysis capturing the results of the Chinese government's strategic public diplomacy efforts in 13 countries.

The First Tranche Blog

New report, dashboard captures Beijing’s influence in East Asia & the Pacific

2019-12-09

The First Tranche Blog

Where are we going, where have we been? What we’ve learned about promoting data and evidence uptake

2019-12-03

Working Paper #

The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions

Zareh Asatryan, Annika Havlik

Policy Report

Silk Road Diplomacy: Deconstructing Beijing's toolkit to influence South and Central Asia

Policy Report

Influencing the Narrative: How the Chinese government mobilizes students and media to burnish its image

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

New Working Papers

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The Lure of Technocracy? Chinese Aid and Local Preferences for Development Leadership in Africa

Zhenqian Huang, Xun Cao

October 15, 2019

Working Paper #

Harnessing the Benefits of Transparency: Street-level Discretion, Targetability, and Local Public Service Delivery

Monika Bauhr, Ruth Carlitz

October 5, 2019

Working Paper #

China and the World Bank: How Contrasting Development Approaches Affect the Stability of African States

Kai Gehring, Lennart Kaplan, Melvin H. L. Wong

September 17, 2019

Working Paper #

Foreign Aid and Soft Power: Great Power Competition in Africa in the Early 21st Century

Robert A. Blair, Robert Marty, Philip Roessler

August 22, 2019

Working Paper #

Why does aid not target the poorest?

Ryan C. Briggs

July 31, 2019

Working Paper #

Public Infrastructure Provision and Ethnic Favouritism: Evidence from South Africa

Leoné Walters, Manoel Bittencourt, Carolyn Chisadza

July 29, 2019

AidData's Research In the News

As China builds up Africa, some in Uganda warn of trouble

Associated Press

The effect of aid is visible from space

Dagens Nyheter

China’s Xi Vows New Direction for ‘Belt and Road’ After Criticism

The Wall Street Journal

The new World Bank head wants some changes. That could backfire.

The Washington Post

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?