Chinese Development Cooperation in Africa
AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset, 2000-2012, Version 1.1
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Summary
The 1.1 version of AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa dataset tracks 1,955 development finance activities in Africa from 2000 to 2012. The data includes both Chinese aid and non-concessional official financing.
Official Citation
Strange, Austin, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, and Vijaya Ramachandran. April 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. Working Paper 323. Washington D.C.: Center for Global Development
Metadata
Version
Version 1.1
(Most Current Version)
(Most Current Geocoded Version)
Methodology
Geocoded
SDG Coded
Natural Resource Concessions
TUFF
Survey Results
Specifications
File Size:
Publication Date:
Apr 2013
Starting Year:
2000
Ending Year:
2012
Number of Entries:
1,955
Total Amount Tracked:
Currency:
2009 USD
Full Description
The 1.1 version of AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa dataset tracks 1,955 development finance activities in Africa from 2000 to 2012. The data includes both Chinese aid and non-concessional official financing. The dataset was generated using a novel, open-source data collection methodology—Tracking Underreported Financial Flows, or TUFF—which triangulates project information across a range of data sources including media reports, Aid Information Management Systems, scholarly articles and recipient or provider ministry websites. For the full methodology, please see AidData's TUFF Methodology, Version 1.2.
