💡In the first comprehensive study of how Chinese state-owned creditors secure their loans to emerging economies, researchers from @AidData at @williamandmary, @GeorgetownLaw, @kielinstitute , @UniofOxford, and @PIIE today released a landmark report.

Indonesia should tighten oversight over infrastructure projects financed with Chinese debt while refusing to “cast Beijing as predatory or portray Indonesia as a passive victim,” according to a @SCMPNews article that cites @AidData's report on Chinese investments in Indonesia. 👀

As the U.S. and its allies work to build supply chains outside China for critical minerals, Chinese investment in overseas mines peaked in 2024, notes an article in the @FinancialTimes that cites @AidData's research. Read the article:

China used state-backed development finance in #Indonesia to crowd in an additional $94 billion in Chinese FDI, shows a recent report by @AidData & Foreign Policy Talks. China was the largest source of inbound FDI in Indonesia from 2010-2024. Read more:

Agriculture requires water, but in areas like Lesotho, managing and understanding this precious resource is difficult—so @AidData researchers mapped surface water across the country in a recently published paper. Read it here:

A new @AidData working paper finds that China’s pursuit of collateral—assets that can be taken if the borrower defaults—in loans to emerging markets occurred across the globe in 57 different countries, as seen in the map below 👇. Read the report:

China’s collateralized lending practices in emerging economies effectively curbs “their ability to manage their finances effectively,” says a @Reuters article that explores findings from a recent @AidData working paper. Check out the article 👇

Join us for a virtual panel on @aiddata and Foreign Policy Talks’ new report on Chinese development finance in Indonesia. 💡This event is free and open to the public and will be held Wednesday, June 25th at 8:00am, EST on Zoom. Register now:

RT @Ch_Trebesch: 📢New deep-dive paper on China’s BRI lending (Georgetown/AidData/Kiel). We study "How China Collateralizes" its overseas lo….

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🔍 Other key insights: nearly half of China’s PPG lending to developing world is collateralized; most debts are secured w/ revenues in bank accounts controlled by Chinese lenders; often, collateral is unrelated to the loan’s purpose & assets are pooled to secure multiple debts.

💵 The cash balances in these accounts, mostly located in China and controlled by lenders, can be staggering. ⚠️ In low-income, commodity-exporting countries, they average more than 20% of annual public debt payments to all external creditors, the study finds.

“Our research reveals a previously undocumented pattern of revenue ring-fencing, where a significant share of commodity export receipts never reaches the exporting countries,” said Brad Parks, Executive Director of @williamandmary's @AidData research lab.

🏦 The researchers find that the commodity export revenues of developing countries are routed to offshore bank accounts, which are shielded from public scrutiny and largely beyond the control of borrowers.

The report reveals that, out of public sight, #China’s state-backed lenders are securing priority repayment from emerging economies with cash collateral—highlighting the urgent need for public debt transparency.

🇨🇳 “How China Collateralizes” analyzes a new #dataset of 620 Chinese collateralized #debt transactions worth $418 billion over two decades.

From 2010 to 2024, China provided US$94.1 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) to Indonesia, shows @AidData's recent report. The islands of Sumatra ($26.1 billion) and Java ($20.8 billion) have received the most, as seen in the map. Read more:

While China has provided more state-backed development finance to Indonesia than any other ASEAN country over the past two decades, @AidData's report suggests that Beijing hasn't always been able to win hearts and minds. Read more:

A new report by @AidData and on China’s investments in Indonesia shows that populous regions like Java and Sumatra captured the lions’ share of both expensive mega projects and small-dollar goodwill projects funded by Beijing.💡. See more👇.

RT @yohaniddawela: 1. Aiddata. Aiddata has an excellent list of geospatial datasets. It's all available as a CSV. So you don't even need….