Chinese aid and local corruption

Isaksson, Ann-Sofie; Kotsadam, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.01.002

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“…Finally, some studies have focused on Chinese aid. Isaksson and Kotsadam (2016) find that perceptions of corruption are higher in the vicinity of Chinese aid projects,…”

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confidence: 82%

The donor footprint and gender gaps

Berlin¹,

Bonnier²,

Olofsgård³

2017

WIDER Working Paper

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In this paper we analyse the impact of foreign aid on gender outcomes and attitudes. We do this by matching geocoded household surveys with aid projects. This offers a middle way between project evaluations and aggregated cross-country comparisons, measuring an average community effect around projects. We find increased opportunities for women to work outside the household, which could strengthen their bargaining power. However, we find mixed results in terms of the impact on women's control over other key areas of their lives. We argue this is related to differences in what is required for change to happen at the community level.

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“…Finally, some studies have focused on Chinese aid. Isaksson and Kotsadam (2016) find that perceptions of corruption are higher in the vicinity of Chinese aid projects,…”

Section: Our Approachmentioning

confidence: 82%

The donor footprint and gender gaps

Berlin¹,

Bonnier²,

Olofsgård³

2017

WIDER Working Paper

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“…Some observers consider it a new form of colonialism, noting frequent links between Chinese finance and commodity extraction as well as the use of Chinese labor and companies to build African infrastructure projects (Sanusi, 2013). Others have suggested that Chinese finance has negative political and social impacts, including links to corruption , Isaksson and Kotsadam, 2018and Brazys et al, 2017, dictatorial regimes (Kleine-Ahlbrandt and Small, 2008) and weakened social and environmental standards (Bosshard, 2008). In short, China's rising involvement in development finance is perceived by many as "rogue aid", to use Naim's oft-cited phrase (Naim 2009): undermining the activities of western-controlled development institutions and the rules for efficient development assistance jointly developed over many years.…”

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China in Africa: Competition for traditional development finance institutions?

Humphrey

Michaelowa

2019

World Development

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Official development finance from China has risen tremendously in the past two decades across the globe, including in the world's poorest continent, Africa. How has this sudden increase in development resources affected the two major multilateral development banks (MDBs) in the region, the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB)? One might expect that the MDBs-often described as tools to exert the influence of wealthy western countries-might compete with China to maintain their relevance and influence in Africa. This study undertakes a combination of statistical tests and in-depth interviews with government officials in three recipient countries to see if this is the case, both in terms of overall finance levels as well as in the sectoral distribution of projects. The results indicate that total MDB finance levels by country change little over time regardless of Chinese activity. The same is true for funding levels of traditional bilateral donors. The sectoral allocation of concessional lending does not show any responsiveness either. In contrast, shifts in funding levels overall and in sector allocation can be observed for non-concessional countries; the latter, however, represent only a small minority among the recipients of Chinese finance. Overall, the study suggests that while China's role in African development finance is indeed substantial and growing, it has not had the "game changing" impact on traditional development finance as popular perception might lead one to believe. Things may change, however, once more recipient countries develop economically and move into the non-concessional category.

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“…8 The literature on China's official financing has, however, indicated that there is mixed support for the hypothesis that Beijing allocates projects to countries with low levels of institutional qualityi.e. undemocratic, politically unstable, and corrupt countries (see, for instance, Bräutigam 2011; Dreher and Fuchs 2015; Isaksson and Kotsadam 2018;Tull 2006).…”

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Debunking Myths about China: The Determinants of China’s Official Financing to the Pacific

Grieken

Kantorowicz

2019

Geopolitics

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With China rapidly expanding its aid programme in the Pacific Islands region, there is a growing concern among established powers about China's sway over the aid-dependent Pacific Island states. Systematic studies of China's development finance to the small island countries are, however, rare and generally limited to mapping Chinese finance flows in the Pacific. This study seeks to contribute to the literature on China's development efforts in the Pacific Islands region. Drawing on project-level data from AidData for the period 2000-2014, this paper disaggregates China's official financing into its constituent parts and systematically explores the determinants of China's Official Development Assistance (ODA) and its commercially-oriented finance flows to the Pacific. The panel data analysis finds that, contrary to popular belief, China does not reward voting compliance in the United Nations nor is its allocation of financing to the Pacific influenced by the countries' level of indebtedness.

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Chinese aid and local corruption

Cited by 203 publications

References 49 publications

The donor footprint and gender gaps

The donor footprint and gender gaps

China in Africa: Competition for traditional development finance institutions?

Debunking Myths about China: The Determinants of China’s Official Financing to the Pacific

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