A vast literature evaluates the effectiveness of development aid, often reaching sobering
conclusions. We argue that a key shortcoming of this literature is the focus on a narrow …

Night lights, as detected by satellites, are increasingly used by economists, typically as a
proxy for economic activity. The growing popularity of these data reflects either the absence …

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

We investigate whether foreign aid from China is prone to political capture in aid-receiving
countries. Specifically, we examine whether more Chinese aid is allocated to the birth …

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

This paper employs a meta-regression analysis of 1,149 estimates from 29 studies to take
stock of the empirical literature on Chinese aid effectiveness. After accommodating …

Foreign aid relationships are valuable to donors as a means of improving development
outcomes and influencing recipient country policy. The emergence of new donors can lead …

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 …

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 …

Existing studies imply that multilateral development assistance is more effective than
bilateral assistance. However, multilateral assistance is increasingly constrained through …