China’s development finance is sizable but reliable information is scarce. To address critical information gaps, we … Chinese official finance to Africa from 2000-2011. Our initial data collection efforts found that China’s official finance … alternative funding from China. More broadly, these findings highlight the importance of gathering better data on the development …

non-concessional state financing — from China to 138 countries between 2000 and 2014. We use these data to investigate … claim that significant financial support from China impairs the effectiveness of grants and loans from Western donors and …

This article introduces a new dataset of official financing from China to 138 developing countries between 2000 and … financial support from China impairs the overall effectiveness of aid from Western donors, aid from the United States tends to … be more effective in countries that receive no substantial support from China. …