Ties That Bind

New report, dataset on China's public diplomacy
in East Asia and the Pacific

InteractiveReportDataset

The First Tranche

AidData's blog is a first cut of our research in international development
Jun 26, 2018

Chinese public diplomacy in East Asia and the Pacific: Is it working?

A new report from AidData chronicles the nature and impact of China’s diplomatic programs.

May 31, 2018

New report reveals how donors perform in “customer satisfaction survey” of foreign aid
May 31, 2018

Report: Climate change among least important issues according to developing countries

May 31, 2018

Report: China, India winning friends in the developing world, but lag far behind U.S.

May 31, 2018

Tuned-in or tone-deaf? Leaders and citizens agree, diverge on priorities for poorer countries
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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?

Publications

Serving the policy and research communities
Policy Reports
Helping decision-makers find signal in the noise
Ties That Bind: Quantifying China's public diplomacy and its "good neighbor" effect
June 27, 2018
Listening to Leaders 2018: Is development cooperation tuned-in or tone-deaf?
May 31, 2018
Working Papers
Our latest pre-peer reviewed research
The Political Geography of Government Projects: Evidence from +/- 40,000 Projects in Ghana
June 30, 2018
Secondary School Electrification in Western Kenya
June 29, 2018
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Underreported Finance

Search for Chinese-backed development projects worldwide
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Tracking underreported financial flows

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Featured Datasets

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China’s Public Diplomacy in East Asia and Pacific, Version 1.0

AidData's Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset, 2000-2014, Version 1.0

Geocoded Afrobarometer Data, Version 1.0
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