China is now the lender of first resort for much of the developing world, but Beijing has
fueled speculation among policymakers, scholars, and journalists by shrouding its grant …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial distribution of
economic activity within subnational regions across a large number of developing countries …

Cofinancing from government agencies, development banks, and private actors is
acknowledged as an important tool to bridge the infrastructure finance gap in developing …

China's involvement in African countries has been criticized for being guided by self-interest
rather than recipient need or merit. For the period 2000–2012, we compare China's aid …

China's development model challenges the approaches of traditional donors like the World
Bank (WB). While some see this mostly as a chance, Chinese aid specifically and aid in …

Bilateral donors use foreign aid to pursue soft power. We test the effectiveness of aid in
reaching this goal by leveraging a new dataset on the precise commitment, start, and end …

China is now the world's largest official source of infrastructure financing to the developing
world, providing more than $85 billion of financing annually. However, very little is known …

China has been expanding its global economic presence through foreign direct investment,
foreign aid, and trade. China's growing economic influence, however, is inviting worries and …

China's overseas development program is a modern marvel. During the 1980s and 1990s,
the country's international development expenditures were roughly on par with those of a …

Power sector investment is crucial to accelerate a sustainable energy transition, but not all
investments are successful. We examine 1,393 Chinese overseas electric power projects …