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Out of public sight, China’s state-backed lenders secure priority repayment from emerging economies with cash collateral
China’s expanding investments in Indonesia force both to balance risk and reward
Competition continues between China and Taiwan for Latin American allies
How China is financing its domestic shipbuilding and vessel acquisition industry
As development finance shifts, AidData event explores Indo-Pacific prospects for aid and credit deals
Chasing copper and cobalt: China’s mining operations in Peru and the DRC
China’s global scanner dissemination
New AidData report, dataset track China’s investments in critical minerals
Decoding the message: Uncovering Beijing’s media strategies in the Philippines
As Latin America shifts toward China, AidData research examines Beijing’s growing influence
Mapping China’s COVID-19 aid footprint
Chancay port opens as China’s gateway to South America
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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
Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
Chinese Aid and Health at the Country and Local Level
Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
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How China Lends Dataset, Version 2.0
How China Collateralizes Dataset, Version 1.0
AidData's Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals Dataset, Version 1.0
Beijing’s Big Bet on the Philippines: Decoding two decades of China’s financing for development, Version 1.0
China’s AI Exports Database (CAIED)
AidData's Geospatial Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 3.0
AidData's Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 3.0
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
How China Lends Dataset, Version 1.0
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Open Data Week 2021: Empowering Insights with Open Geospatial Data
GeoConvergence 2021: GeoQuery: Making Geospatial Data Accessible for All
How China Lends: A Rare Look into 100 Debt Contracts with Foreign Governments
Investing in Kenya's People
Unlocking the SDGs as a Shared Results Framework: From Ambition to Action
Open Data Week 2020: Using Open Data to Empower Mission-Driven Organizations: Lessons from AidData & DataKind
World Urban Forum: The Innovation-Data-Finance Nexus
SDSN TReNDS Roundtable: Governing the Data Revolution
Workshop: Pioneering Development Research Using Geospatial Data
Avoiding Data Graveyards
How to Measure Development Outcomes Using Geospatial Data for Impact Evaluation
Ties That Bind: Chinese Public Diplomacy in East Asia and the Pacific
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News

A new report digs into China’s labyrinthine foreign loans
Can the United States Rival China in Latin America?
China owed $385bn – including ‘hidden debt’ from poorer nations, says report
The cost of China's help
Comment la Chine tient les pays en développement par la dette
En Zambie, la dette «cachée» vis-à-vis de la Chine
Diese Schuldenliste entlarvt Chinas wahre Absichten
Warning over Chinese lending
China’s international funding double that of US
Is China a big spender or a loan shark?
China: Big spender or loan shark?
‘Hidden debt’ on China’s Belt and Road tops $385bn, says new study
$385bn of China's Belt and Road lending kept undisclosed: report
China outspending U.S. and Japan in overseas development finance, study shows
China’s Belt and Road plans losing momentum as opposition, debt mount – study
China infrastructure drive traps poor nations with $385 billion 'hidden debt': Study
China outspending U.S., Japan in overseas development finance: study
China's hidden foreign lending
Hidden Debt Plagues China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Plan, Studies Find
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