AidData — A Research Lab at William & Mary

Plan B for development impact evaluations? Going remote.

2020-07-27

New methods to predict missing geospatial data could reduce barriers to evaluating development programs in hard-to-reach areas.

The First Tranche Blog

How does foreign aid change public spending in a country?

2020-07-22

The First Tranche Blog

AidData publishes 100th working paper in series

2020-07-15

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

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

New Working Papers

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

Working Paper #

A micro-based approach to evaluate the effect of water supply on health in Uganda

Raymond Frempong, Lucas Kitzmüller, David Stadelmann

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?