By Bob Wekesa The recent release of research findings on China’s aid to Africa by AidData has naturally generated loads of heat in the continuing saga of China-Africa. In chief, the fidelity of the statistics presented and the attendant ‘media-based… Continue Reading
Follow the link below to read our Storify curated piece on the debate raging in China-Africa circles on the newly-released AidData database on Chinese development finance to Africa
Yesterday, Monday 29 April, Washington-based research and innovation lab AidData launched an impressive-sounding interactive database platform china.aiddata.org which tracks Chinese development finance flows to Africa from 2000-2011. According to the pre-marketing, “the dataset relies on an innovative media-based data collection… Continue Reading