This article introduces a new dataset of official financing from China to 138 developing
countries between 2000 and 2014. It investigates whether Chinese development finance …

Chinese “aid” is a lightning rod for criticism. Policy-makers, journalists, and public
intellectuals claim that Beijing uses its largesse to cement alliances with political leaders …

Foreign aid from China is often characterized as “rogue aid” that is guided by selfish
interests alone. We collect data on Chinese project aid, food aid, medical staff and total aid …

China's provision of development finance to other countries is sizable but reliable
information is scarce. We introduce a new open-source methodology for collecting project …

Using repeated cross-sectional survey data, we analyze whether China's growing economic
engagement in Latin America has an effect on citizens' perceptions of China within 18 Latin …

Boosting China's soft power is an important goal of Chinese economic statecraft in Africa.
However, African opinions of China–in particular those of ordinary people–are …

Abstract This paper uses Freedom House ratings to assess the impact of foreign aid on
democracy. We employ an interval regression to account for Freedom House׳ s method of …

This study investigates a novel dataset comprised of a universe of 537 donations in 33
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, between 11 February and 20 June 2020 …

Foreign aid from China is often characterized as 'rogue aid'that is not guided by recipient
need but by China's national interests alone. However, no econometric study so far …

Credit is the lifeblood of capitalism and development. Brazil, Russia, India, and China-also
called BRICs-have become important creditors to developing countries. However, how will …