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Blog Posts
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
Amidst rising tensions, Beijing bets big in the Philippines
Extending AidData’s global reach and impact through a new training initiative
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Publications
Aid Projects and Firm Performance
Uncovering African Leaders’ Perceptions of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
PRC Influence and the Status of Taiwan's Diplomatic Allies in the Western Hemisphere
Winning Hearts, Changing Minds: A Data-Driven Approach to Measure China's Influence in Latin America
Into the Breach: Will China Step Up as the U.S. Retreats on Global Development?
Foreign Aid and Conflict: What We Know and Need to Know
Sicomines Copper-Cobalt Mine: Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals
Las Bambas Copper Mine: Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals
Kinsenda Copper Mine: Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals
Toromocho Copper Mine: Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals
Tenke Fungurume Copper-Cobalt Mine: Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals
Tracking China’s Transition Mineral Financing: Methodology and Approach, Version 1.0
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Datasets
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
AidData's Geocoded Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset, Version 1.1.1
Events
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
Influencing the Narrative: Beijing's Public Diplomacy in East Asia & the Pacific
Silk Road Diplomacy: Deconstructing Beijing's Toolkit to Influence South and Central Asia
Beyond the #TyrannyOfAverages: Are we worsening inequality within countries?
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News
Argentina’s IMF deal offers a warning on emerging market debt
Secret contracts show how China structures loans to become Africa’s “preferred” lender
China applies brakes to Africa lending
China: Is it burdening poor countries with unsustainable debt?
Uganda Finds China’s Leverage Is in the Fine Print of Its Lending
2022中国经济展望: “5时代”元年的机会与风险
Indonesia breaks ground on China-backed 'green' industrial zone on Borneo
Laos opens scenic railway built on a mountain of Chinese debt
Why China Is In Africa - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know
United States pledges to help Indo-Pacific countries build better infrastructure
Entebbe Airport gone or not?
Kenya paid China Sh29bn to ease debt repayment standoff
China faces pushback on BRI initiatives
China's failure is Europe's opportunity; 300 billion euros for the Balkans and Africa
Laos to open Chinese-built railway amid fears of Beijing’s influence
Laos-China railway to launch as debt to Beijing mounts
Debt-trapped: Sri Lanka, Laos, and now Uganda?
China’s BRI Lending: $385 Billion in ‘Hidden Debts’
African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road
Africa's Rising Cities: How Africa will become the center of the world's urban future
Transcript: David Malpass on "Face the Nation," November 14, 2021
Stalled Dreams: With debts unpaid and Ethiopia on the brink of collapse, China's decades-old Africa strategy may be starting to change
Understanding China's BRI Impact
China and Africa—Is it the end of the honeymoon period?
How BRI Debt Puts China at Risk
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