eprintid: 22003
rev_number: 16
eprint_status: archive
userid: 2744
dir: disk0/00/02/20/03
datestamp: 2016-10-20 06:50:34
lastmod: 2016-11-08 10:03:46
status_changed: 2016-10-20 06:50:34
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Dreher, Axel
creators_name: Fuchs, Andreas
creators_name: Parks, Bradley
creators_name: Strange, Austin M.
creators_name: Tierney, Michael J.
title: Apples and Dragon Fruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa
subjects: ddc-330
divisions: i-181000
keywords: Development Finance, Foreign Aid, Non-DAC Donors, China, Tracking Underreported Financial Flows
abstract: Chinese “aid” is a lightning rod for criticism. Policymakers, journalists, and public intellectuals claim that Beijing is using its largesse to cement alliances with political leaders, secure access to natural resources, and create exclusive  commercial opportunities for Chinese 
firms—all at the expense of citizens living in developing countries. We argue that much of the controversy about Chinese “aid” stems from a failure to distinguish between China’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) and more commercially-oriented sources and types of state financing. Using a new database on China’s official financing commitments to Africa from 2000-2013, we find the allocation of Chinese ODA to be driven primarily by foreign policy considerations, while economic interests better explain the distribution of less concessional flows. These results highlight the need for better measures of an increasingly diverse set of non-Western financial activities.
date: 2016-10
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00022003
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0620
ppn_swb: 870810081
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-220037
language: eng
bibsort: DREHERAXELAPPLESANDD201610
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
volume: 0620
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
pages: 57
citation:   Dreher, Axel ; Fuchs, Andreas ; Parks, Bradley ; Strange, Austin M. ; Tierney, Michael J.  (2016) Apples and Dragon Fruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/22003/1/dreher_fuchs_Parks_Strange_%27Tierney_2016_dp620.pdf