The available evidence on the effects of aid on growth is notoriously mixed. We use a novel empirical methodology, a …, imports, and per capita GDP growth to a global aid shock (the common component of individual country aid-to-GDP ratios). We … find that the estimated cumulative resposive of exports and per capita GDP growth to a global aid shock are strongly …

. We investigate the relationships between disaster, trust, and aid using novel survey data collected before and after a 7 …

We estimate the community-level impact of foreign aid projects on women's empowerment in the country with the most … complete recent record of geo-coded aid project placement, Malawi. Our estimates can thus be interpreted as the average impact … of aid from many different donors and diverse projects. We find that aid in general has a positive impact, in particular …

China's emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population … size, geographical scale, economic power and military presence, China is poised to play a larger political role in the … responsibilities. At the same time, environmental stresses caused by China's energy and resources demands have become increasingly …

and participation of external companies and States in its energy sector. Through the development, production and export of … Asian countries are: Russia, China, United States, European countries, Iran, India and Turkey. Among these players, Russia … Asian country and external players, starting from the closest countries (Russia and China) to the regional ones (Iran …

not part of the BRI. Finally, we focus on the European Union, Africa and China's immediate neighbourhood to better …Drawing on global media reports, we conduct a sentiment analysis of the image of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI … significantly in many geographies from 2017 to 2022. The notable exception is in sub-Saharan Africa where the BRI's image remains …