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2022-05-29

China funnels its overseas aid money into political leaders’ home provinces

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Apples and Dragon Fruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa

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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.

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