@AidData

A research lab at @williamandmary helping decision makers to understand the impacts of foreign policies and overseas investments

 Williamsburg, VA
aiddata.org
Joined July 2009
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Fun story - @AidData was able to back up USAID’s evidence archive because a high school student had been using it to train an AI algorithm.
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@AidDataJul 3
🇨🇳🚢🌎 @AidData has launched a new map tracking the #port stops of #China's latest PLAN hospital ship mission, which visited a number of Beijing's key strategic and economic partners. We chart the ship's full deployment—including high-resolution satellite imagery & analysis of the broader context of China’s relationships with host countries. aiddata.org/2026-china-hospi…
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Convened by @AidData, a recent gathering of 120 international policymakers, researchers and nonprofit leaders in Rome celebrated how far the field of geospatial analysis has come in solving agricultural challenges. news.wm.edu/2026/06/23/wms-a…

W&M’s AidData leads global effort to solve agricultural challenges using geospatial analysis

A recent gathering of 120 international policymakers, researchers and nonprofit leaders in Rome celebrated

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Kyle Chan
@kyleichanJun 24
China is making a broader push to internationalize the RMB. But as it converts loans from USD to RMB, China seems to be restructuring debt on more favorable terms for recipient countries, at least with Kenya. New @AidData report: aiddata.org/publications/ken…
Justin Sandefur
@JustinSandefurJun 23
China quietly doing debt relief in Africa
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💵🔄🇨🇳New research by @AidData at @williamandmary finds that Kenya's switch last fall to convert some of its Chinese loans from U.S. dollars to Chinese renminbi (RMB) was actually a restructuring—with major implications for other borrowing countries. reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…

Kenya’s China loan revamp sparks wider interest in yuan switch, AidData says

Kenya's move ‌to convert Chinese loans from dollars into yuan to cut borrowing costs is drawing interest from at least five other African and Asian nations, an AidData study found, in a sign debt-l...

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Kenya’s $3 billion China debt restructuring deal is being watched across Africa and Asia. But to understand why it matters, you have to look at China’s long campaign to take the RMB global. New episode with @AidData's Oshin Pandey and Sailor Miao. Watch - tinyurl.com/4k9b7ay6
The China-Global South Project
@ChinaGSProjectJun 26
Kenya’s $3 billion China debt restructuring deal was hailed as a yuan conversion breakthrough. But a new @AidData report real savings came from the restructuring terms, not the currency switch. Oshin Pandey and Sailor Miao explain why. Watch - tinyurl.com/4k9b7ay6

Kenya's China Debt Restructuring Explained

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Kenya’s China debt deal was widely framed as a story about switching from dollars to RMB. But @AidData's analysis suggests the real savings came from classic debt restructuring: lower interest margins, a grace period, and longer maturities. Watch - tinyurl.com/4k9b7ay6
The China-Global South Project
@ChinaGSProjectJun 26
Kenya’s $3 billion China debt restructuring deal was hailed as a yuan conversion breakthrough. But a new @AidData report real savings came from the restructuring terms, not the currency switch. Oshin Pandey and Sailor Miao explain why. Watch - tinyurl.com/4k9b7ay6

Kenya's China Debt Restructuring Explained

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A chapter from an NBR report presents case studies accompanied by interactive data graphics and visualizations from @AidData to highlight the different channels through which the effects of a Chinese economic slowdown would unfold globally. docs.aiddata.org/reports/wha… #ChineseEconomy
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Between 2014 and 2022, 63% of American aid went towards improving governance, and on health and humanitarian assistance, according to AidData, a research lab. China’s money flows overwhelmingly to industry, mining, energy and transport economist.com/asia/2026/05/0…

The gutting of USAID has left a void China will not fill

China lends $35 for every dollar it donates. That is not a substitute for American aid

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Replying to @Kathleen_Tyson_ @izakaminska
have heard they prefer the britsh virgin islands ... seriously read the aiddata paper on offshore Chinese lending to advanced economies and remember that the chinese banking data shows rising claims from Chinese banks on other financial institutions and think a bit about global equilibrium conditions when China's surplus is big and intermediated through ten state banks.
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Lea Thome@leacthomeMar 13
As reported in the news, China is showing off its significant leverage over shipping and ports at the Panama Canal. While COSCO suspends operations at Balboa following a continued standoff, costly or not, China can rely on its vast port network in the wider region.
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Associate Director of Finance & Operations: AidData / William & Mary, Regional / Global dlvr.it/TR4Cjc #devnetjobs #nonprofitjobs
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Very cool to see my W&M colleagues at AidData quoted in this NYTimes article on China's lending to Venezuela. nytimes.com/2026/01/05/busin…

China Needed Oil. Venezuela Needed Cash. Their Deal Faces a Turning Point.

Beijing has lent billions to Caracas in recent decades, and the fate of money it is owed is in question after the ouster of Venezuela’s leader.

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See the interactive version of the chapter "What the PRC’s Economic Slowdown Means for Key Countries: Case Studies" on the @AidData website: docs.aiddata.org/reports/wha…

What the PRC's Economic Slowdown Means for Key Countries: Case Studies

This chapter presents five case studies analyzing the implications of a slowdown in the domestic economy of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for a diverse set of countries: Brazil, Germany,...

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Researchers at AidData scoured media reports for news of loans and grants from China’s government and its state-owned creditors. Here’s what they found, in four charts economist.com/graphic-detail…

Four charts show how much money China lends to the rich world

Many of the loans look harmless. But some are raising eyebrows

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Replying to @Brad_Setser @AidData
And AidData found the hidden flows so to speak -- Great work, great report; one with a ton of implications for analysis of China's true dollar exposure, the IMF's analysis of China and understanding the operations of China, Inc 11/11 aiddata.org/publications/cha…

AidData | Chasing China: Learning to Play by Beijing's Global Lending Rules

Nov 18, 2025 |

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It is a great, innovative report -- highly recommended And congrats to Brad Park and his team for doing the legwork needed to generate this kind of analysis 6/ aiddata.org/blog/chinas-mass…

China’s massive overseas lending portfolio shifts course, as Beijing eyes the U.S., EU, and...

New AidData report and datasets track for the first time China’s secretive loans and grants in high-income as well as developing countries.

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A big new report from @AidData sheds insight into one of the mysteries of global capital flows, namely how does China's large/ growing current account surplus fund the US external deficit. The answer, in part, is lending by the state banks 1/
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Migration is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century, yet researchers in academia & beyond often struggle to influence policy A new survey of 1,835 scholars across 101 countries reveals why Read up in our Migration Information Source magazine migrationpolicy.org/article/…
When asked, researchers identify three systemic issues as being responsible for blunting the policy relevance of much of their work: persistent fragmentation across disciplines and geographies, uneven access to reliable data and methodological training, and deep structural inequalities in whose voices are represented. Each challenge narrows the evidence base and limits the ability of research to better inform policy.

ALT When asked, researchers identify three systemic issues as being responsible for blunting the policy relevance of much of their work: persistent fragmentation across disciplines and geographies, uneven access to reliable data and methodological training, and deep structural inequalities in whose voices are represented. Each challenge narrows the evidence base and limits the ability of research to better inform policy.

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How Beijing’s collateral play can rattle the creditor-borrower balance on.ft.com/3J7inCO

How Beijing’s collateral play can rattle the creditor-borrower balance

Flow control — Chinese bank edition

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