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AidData’s China data wins 2023 Best Dataset Award from IPES
How far can the BRI take China? AidData authors examine one possible geopolitical gain: naval ports
“一带一路”救助贷款达到创纪录水平,引发对中国旗舰全球基础设施计划前途的质疑
Belt and Road bailout lending reaches record levels, raising questions about the future of China’s flagship global infrastructure program
AidData wins grant from the Ford Foundation to track latest trends in China’s overseas development program
W&M hosts inaugural conference on China’s global influence
Competing visions for the Indian Ocean: China’s influence in South and Central Asia
Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program
How we constructed the world’s largest dataset on China’s overseas spending
Global insights with national implications: AidData’s policy engagements on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
AidData publishes a controversial $200m Chinese loan contract for Uganda’s main airport
Call for Papers—Separating fact from fiction: China’s growing global influence and its implications
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Chinese health funding in Africa: The untold story
Harboring Global Ambitions: China's Ports Footprint and Implications for Future Overseas Naval Bases
Debt Distress on China’s Belt and Road
China as an International Lender of Last Resort
How China Lends: A Rare Look into 100 Debt Contracts with Foreign Governments
Delivering the Belt and Road: Decoding the supply of and demand for Chinese overseas development projects
China’s influence in South and Central Asia: Competition in the Indian Ocean and China’s engagement with Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program
Global insights with national implications: AidData’s policy engagements on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Is Beijing a predatory lender? New evidence from a previously undisclosed loan contract for the Entebbe International Airport Upgrading and Expansion Project
Datasets
BRI-Tagged Chinese Official Finance Dataset, Version 1.0
China's Official Seaport Finance Dataset, 2000-2021
China as an International Lender of Last Resort Dataset, Version 1.0.1
AidData’s Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 2.0
Events
GeoField Convening: Leveraging earth observation for impact evaluations of climate-sensitive agriculture
Harnessing the Power of a New Toolkit for Rapid, Rigorous Evaluations and Better Public Policy
The Belt and Road's Impact on Partner States
Evaluating Gender Bias in AI Applications: Dissemination Workshop
America’s Role in the World 2023
Geospatial Data and Analysis for Monitoring and Evaluation
China’s Future Naval Bases: New Empirical Data Points to Likely Places
The Implications of “Peak China” for the Belt and Road Initiative?
Risk and resilience in the face of Russian interference in Europe & Eurasia
Data innovation in conflict zones: Collecting and utilizing data to guide climate resilience and security policy in Afghanistan
Reputational Security: The Imperative To Reinvest In U.S. Strategic Communications Capabilities
Launch of the 2023 Development Co-operation Report, "Debating the Aid System"
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Blue-water ambitions: Is China looking beyond its neighborhood now it has the world’s largest navy?
China's Xi pledges to support Africa's industrialisation at BRICS
China’s blueprint for an alternative world order
China will challenge the US Navy for global dominance
China Keeping Details of Investment Deals From Bolivian Public and Congress, Sources Claim
Pakistan hails Belt and Road wins 'prematurely' as polls loom
China’s Top Option for Next Naval Base Is Sri Lanka, Report Says
China may be planning overseas naval bases in Asia and Africa, say analysts
Beijing Is Going Places—and Building Naval Bases
What China’s future overseas military expansion could look like, according to a new report
China builds on 60-year record to strengthen medical ties with Africa
Why China Has a Giant Pile of Debt
Investing in Africa: What needs to change?
Explainer: What is China's position on restructuring debt owed by poor nations?
US inflation beats forecasts but remains high
Sudan conflict delivers fresh blow to China’s African lending strategy
How China changed the game for countries in default
China Is a Loan Shark With No Legs Left to Break
U.S.-China split shadows hopes for lifting debt load from global economy
How to survive a superpower split
China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse
Mysterious Killing of Chinese Gold Miners Puts New Pressure on Beijing
China-U.S. Fight for Influence Runs Through Police in Pacific
China's Lending Practices Are Not a Good Look
China’s ‘Belt and Road’ grew out of a lending spree. Now those loans may be its problem
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