Publié le 6 décembre 2022–Mis à jour le 19 décembre 2022
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Séminaire recherche. Has Chinese Aid Benefited Recipient Countries? Evidence from a Meta-Regression Analysis.
Has Chinese Aid Benefited Recipient Countries? Evidence from a Meta-Regression Analysis
Résumé
This paper employs a meta-regression analysis of 1,149 estimates from 29 studies to take stock of the empirical literature on Chinese aid effectiveness. After accommodating publication selection bias, we find that, on average, Beijing’s foreign assistance is positively associated with economic outcomes in recipient countries, but correlates with deforestation and negative perceptions of China among citizens, albeit negligible in size. We also show that studies that fail to uncover statistically significant effects are less likely to be submitted or accepted for publication. Differences in the choice of data, estimation method, and authors’ institutional affiliation explain the heterogeneity among Chinese aid effectiveness estimates reported in the literature.
