Mali: Chinese Development Finance, 2000-2023

This country profile provides a detailed overview of the scale, scope, and composition of Chinese state-directed financing in Mali from 2000 to 2023. It includes granular information on key trends in China’s loan and grant-financed commitments, its lending portfolio, ESG risks in its infrastructure projects, and contractual safeguards adoption and implementation. From 2000 to 2023, China provided 137 grant-related official commitments and directed $1.2 billion via 15 loans issued in Mali. Unlike most low-income countries that receive large volumes of non-concessional loans for big-ticket infrastructure, China’s development finance portfolio in Mali is relatively modest and anchored in aid flows from its two largest financiers: China Eximbank and the Ministry of Commerce.

The insights in this profile are derived from China's Global Loans and Grants Dataset, Version 1.0 and the sources referenced therein.