This paper compares the allocation of private humanitarian aid to that of official humanitarian aid awarded to 140 recipient countries...

This article investigates whether China’s foreign aid is particularly prone to capture by political leaders of aid-receiving...

This article investigates whether China’s foreign aid is particularly prone to capture by political leaders of aid-receiving...

Almost half of the world's states provide bilateral development assistance. While previous research takes the set of donor countries...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 146: China assumed an important role during the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 as the main exporter of critical...

The COVID-19 outbreak has cut China's supply of and raised the world's demand for face masks, disinfectants, ventilators, and other...

This paper introduces a new dataset of official financing — including foreign aid and other forms of concessional and non-concessional...

One goal of China’s Go Out policy is to create goodwill in countries around the world. At the same time, China’s growing economic...

Little is known about foreign aid provided by private donors. This paper contributes to closing this research gap by comparing the...

Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The...

We examine the role of local need and various distortions in the design and implementation of United Nations flash appeal triggered in...

This article reviews the literature on the linkages between political tensions, economic diplomacy and international trade in the...

This paper provides an overview of the small but growing literature on the bilateral foreign aid activities carried out by the five...

Little is known about the firm-level dynamics behind trade responses to political tensions. This article reinvestigates variation in...

How do development projects influence the geographic distribution of economic activity within low-income and middle-income countries?...

Does the proliferation of aid donors lead to visible changes in the world of foreign assistance? Aid provided by low- and...

We investigate whether foreign aid affects refugee flows from recipient countries. Combining refugee data on 141 origin countries over...