Data
Disclaimer: These data, to the best of my knowledge, are correct. If you want to ensure their accuracy, please double-check. If you find errors, I would appreciate it if you could send me an e-mail.
Chinese aid
China's Global Official Finance: AidData's Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset, 2000-2014, Version 1.0
AidData's Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset (Version 1.0) tracks the known universe of overseas Chinese official finance between 2000-2014, capturing 4,373 records totaling $354.4 billion. The data includes both Chinese aid and non-concessional official financing.
When using the data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, Austin M. Strange and Michael J. Tierney (2017). Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset. AidData Working Paper 46. Williamsburg, VA: AidData.
DOWNLOAD DATA (October 2017)
Chinese Official Finance to Africa: AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset, 2000-2013, Version 1.2
The 1.2 Version of AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset tracks 2,647 development finance activities in Africa from 2000 to 2013. The data includes both Chinese aid and non-concessional official financing.
When using the data, please cite:
DOWNLOAD DATA (September 2015)
Chinese Official Finance to Africa: AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset, 2000-2012, Version 1.1.1
This is a sub-nationally georeferenced dataset of Chinese official finance activities that spans 50 African countries over the 2000-2012 period. It includes 1,952 Chinese development finance projects across 3,545 physical locations.
When using the data, please cite:
DOWNLOAD DATA (January 2017)
International development
Development Minister Database
This database covers all ministers of OECD-DAC countries responsible for development cooperation. It contains information on development ministers’ gender, political ideology, prior professional experience in development cooperation, education, and time in office over the. Data are available over the 1967-2013 period.
When using the data, please cite:
Fuchs, Andreas and Katharina Richert (forthcoming). Development Minister Characteristics and Aid Giving. European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming
DOWNLOAD DATA (December 2017)
Independent Aid Agencies
This database contains a dummy indicating that a donor country runs an aid agency that works independently from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Data are available on a yearly basis over the 1960-2010 period.
When using the data, please cite:
Fuchs, Andreas, Axel Dreher and Peter Nunnenkamp (2013). Determinants of Donor Generosity: A Survey of the Aid Budget Literature. World Development 56: 172–199.
DOWNLOAD DATA (updated October 2018)
International organizations
Commonwealth Membership
This database contains a binary variable indicating that a country has been a non-suspended member of the Commonwealth of Nations in a particular year. Data are available on a yearly basis over the 1945-2016 period.
When using the data, please cite:
Fuchs, Andreas and Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati (2013). The Needy Donor: An Empirical Analysis of India's Aid Motives. World Development 44: 110-128.
DOWNLOAD DATA (updated August 2017)
Replication data
Replication Data: "Development Minister Characteristics and Aid Giving" (European Journal of Political Economy forthcoming)
Abstract: Over 300 government members have had the main responsibility for international development cooperation in 23 member countries of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee since the organization started reporting detailed Official Development Assistance (ODA) data in 1967. Understanding their role in foreign aid giving is crucial since their decisions can influence aid effectiveness and thus economic development on the ground. Our study examines whether development ministers’ personal characteristics are associated with aid budgets and aid quality. To this end, we create a novel database on development ministers’ gender, political ideology, prior professional experience in development cooperation, education, and time in office over the 1967-2012 period. Results from fixed-effects panel regressions show that some of the personal characteristics of development ministers matter. Most notably, we find that more experienced ministers with respect to their time in the development office obtain larger aid budgets. Moreover, our results suggest that female ministers as well as officeholders with prior professional experience in development cooperation and a longer time in office provide higher-quality ODA.
When using the data, please cite:
Fuchs, Andreas and Katharina Richert (forthcoming). Development Minister Characteristics and Aid Giving. European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming
DOWNLOAD DATA
First published online on September 3, 2017
Replication Data: "Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited" (Journal of Conflict Resolution 2017)
Abstract: China’s provision of development finance to other countries is sizable but reliable information is scarce. We introduce a new open-source methodology for collecting project-level development finance information and create a database of Chinese official finance (OF) to Africa from 2000 to 2011. We find that China’s commitments amounted to approximately US$73 billion, of which US$15 billion are comparable to Official Development Assistance following Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development definitions. We provide details on 1,511 projects to fifty African countries. We use this database to extend previous research on aid and conflict, which suffers from omitted-variable bias due to the exclusion of Chinese development finance. Our results show that sudden withdrawals of ‘‘traditional’’ aid no longer induce conflict in the presence of sufficient alternative funding from China. Our findings highlight the importance of gathering more complete data on the development activities of ‘‘nontraditional donors’’ to better understand the link between aid and conflict.
When using the data, please cite:
Strange, Austin M., Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks and Michael J. Tierney (2017). Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited. Journal of Conflict Resolution 61(5): 935-963.
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First published online on September 20, 2015
Replication Data: "Rogue Aid? An Empirical Analysis of China’s Aid Allocation" (Canadian Journal of Economics 2015)
Abstract: Foreign aid from China is often characterized as “rogue aid” that is guided by selfish interests alone. We collect data on Chinese project aid, food aid, medical staff and total aid money to developing countries, covering the 1956-2006 period, to empirically test to what extent self-interests shape China’s aid allocation. While political considerations shape China’s allocation of aid, China does not pay substantially more attention to politics compared to Western donors. What is more, China’s aid allocation seems to be widely independent of recipients’ endowment with natural resources and institutional characteristics. Overall, denoting Chinese aid as “rogue aid” seems unjustified.
When using the data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel and Andreas Fuchs (2015). Rogue Aid? An Empirical Analysis of China’s Aid Allocation. Canadian Journal of Economics 48(3): 988-1023.
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First published online on March 22, 2016
Please email me at [email protected] to request a replication file of a published paper that has not yet been listed here.
Disclaimer: These data, to the best of my knowledge, are correct. If you want to ensure their accuracy, please double-check. If you find errors, I would appreciate it if you could send me an e-mail.
Chinese aid
China's Global Official Finance: AidData's Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset, 2000-2014, Version 1.0
AidData's Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset (Version 1.0) tracks the known universe of overseas Chinese official finance between 2000-2014, capturing 4,373 records totaling $354.4 billion. The data includes both Chinese aid and non-concessional official financing.
When using the data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, Austin M. Strange and Michael J. Tierney (2017). Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset. AidData Working Paper 46. Williamsburg, VA: AidData.
DOWNLOAD DATA (October 2017)
Chinese Official Finance to Africa: AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset, 2000-2013, Version 1.2
The 1.2 Version of AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset tracks 2,647 development finance activities in Africa from 2000 to 2013. The data includes both Chinese aid and non-concessional official financing.
When using the data, please cite:
- Strange, Austin M., Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks and Michael J. Tierney (2017). Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited. Journal of Conflict Resolution 61(5): 935-963.
DOWNLOAD DATA (September 2015)
Chinese Official Finance to Africa: AidData's Chinese Official Finance to Africa Dataset, 2000-2012, Version 1.1.1
This is a sub-nationally georeferenced dataset of Chinese official finance activities that spans 50 African countries over the 2000-2012 period. It includes 1,952 Chinese development finance projects across 3,545 physical locations.
When using the data, please cite:
- Strange, Austin M., Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks and Michael J. Tierney (2017). Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited. Journal of Conflict Resolution 61(5): 935-963.
- Dreher, Axel, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky and Michael J. Tierney (2016). Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance. AidData Working Paper 3. Williamsburg, VA: AidData.
DOWNLOAD DATA (January 2017)
International development
Development Minister Database
This database covers all ministers of OECD-DAC countries responsible for development cooperation. It contains information on development ministers’ gender, political ideology, prior professional experience in development cooperation, education, and time in office over the. Data are available over the 1967-2013 period.
When using the data, please cite:
Fuchs, Andreas and Katharina Richert (forthcoming). Development Minister Characteristics and Aid Giving. European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming
DOWNLOAD DATA (December 2017)
Independent Aid Agencies
This database contains a dummy indicating that a donor country runs an aid agency that works independently from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Data are available on a yearly basis over the 1960-2010 period.
When using the data, please cite:
Fuchs, Andreas, Axel Dreher and Peter Nunnenkamp (2013). Determinants of Donor Generosity: A Survey of the Aid Budget Literature. World Development 56: 172–199.
DOWNLOAD DATA (updated October 2018)
International organizations
Commonwealth Membership
This database contains a binary variable indicating that a country has been a non-suspended member of the Commonwealth of Nations in a particular year. Data are available on a yearly basis over the 1945-2016 period.
When using the data, please cite:
Fuchs, Andreas and Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati (2013). The Needy Donor: An Empirical Analysis of India's Aid Motives. World Development 44: 110-128.
DOWNLOAD DATA (updated August 2017)
Replication data
Replication Data: "Development Minister Characteristics and Aid Giving" (European Journal of Political Economy forthcoming)
Abstract: Over 300 government members have had the main responsibility for international development cooperation in 23 member countries of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee since the organization started reporting detailed Official Development Assistance (ODA) data in 1967. Understanding their role in foreign aid giving is crucial since their decisions can influence aid effectiveness and thus economic development on the ground. Our study examines whether development ministers’ personal characteristics are associated with aid budgets and aid quality. To this end, we create a novel database on development ministers’ gender, political ideology, prior professional experience in development cooperation, education, and time in office over the 1967-2012 period. Results from fixed-effects panel regressions show that some of the personal characteristics of development ministers matter. Most notably, we find that more experienced ministers with respect to their time in the development office obtain larger aid budgets. Moreover, our results suggest that female ministers as well as officeholders with prior professional experience in development cooperation and a longer time in office provide higher-quality ODA.
When using the data, please cite:
Fuchs, Andreas and Katharina Richert (forthcoming). Development Minister Characteristics and Aid Giving. European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming
DOWNLOAD DATA
First published online on September 3, 2017
Replication Data: "Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited" (Journal of Conflict Resolution 2017)
Abstract: China’s provision of development finance to other countries is sizable but reliable information is scarce. We introduce a new open-source methodology for collecting project-level development finance information and create a database of Chinese official finance (OF) to Africa from 2000 to 2011. We find that China’s commitments amounted to approximately US$73 billion, of which US$15 billion are comparable to Official Development Assistance following Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development definitions. We provide details on 1,511 projects to fifty African countries. We use this database to extend previous research on aid and conflict, which suffers from omitted-variable bias due to the exclusion of Chinese development finance. Our results show that sudden withdrawals of ‘‘traditional’’ aid no longer induce conflict in the presence of sufficient alternative funding from China. Our findings highlight the importance of gathering more complete data on the development activities of ‘‘nontraditional donors’’ to better understand the link between aid and conflict.
When using the data, please cite:
Strange, Austin M., Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks and Michael J. Tierney (2017). Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited. Journal of Conflict Resolution 61(5): 935-963.
DOWNLOAD DATA
First published online on September 20, 2015
Replication Data: "Rogue Aid? An Empirical Analysis of China’s Aid Allocation" (Canadian Journal of Economics 2015)
Abstract: Foreign aid from China is often characterized as “rogue aid” that is guided by selfish interests alone. We collect data on Chinese project aid, food aid, medical staff and total aid money to developing countries, covering the 1956-2006 period, to empirically test to what extent self-interests shape China’s aid allocation. While political considerations shape China’s allocation of aid, China does not pay substantially more attention to politics compared to Western donors. What is more, China’s aid allocation seems to be widely independent of recipients’ endowment with natural resources and institutional characteristics. Overall, denoting Chinese aid as “rogue aid” seems unjustified.
When using the data, please cite:
Dreher, Axel and Andreas Fuchs (2015). Rogue Aid? An Empirical Analysis of China’s Aid Allocation. Canadian Journal of Economics 48(3): 988-1023.
DOWNLOAD DATA
First published online on March 22, 2016
Please email me at [email protected] to request a replication file of a published paper that has not yet been listed here.
