Policy papers

“Eastern Promises: New Data on Chinese Loans in Africa, 2000 to 2014.”  CARI Working Paper #4, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington DC: CARI (2017) (With Deborah Brautigam)

“Relative Risk and the Rate of Return: Chinese Loans to Africa Database, 2000-2023.” Global China Policy Brief 023, Boston University Global Development Policy Center. (2024) (With Engels, Morro, and Bien-Aimé)

“A New State of Lending: Chinese Loans to Africa.” Global China Policy Brief 019, Boston University Global Development Policy Center. (2023) (With Moses, Bien-Aimé, and Engels)

“China’s Interest-Free Loans to Africa: Uses and Cancellations.” Global China Policy Brief 015, Boston University Global Development Policy Center. (2022) (With Moses)

“Chinese Loans to Africa During the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Global China Policy Brief 012, Boston University Global Development Policy Center. (2022) (With Moses, Atkins, and Shadbar)

“Resource-Backed Loans: Pitfalls and Potentials.” February 2020 Report, Natural Resource Governance Institute (2020) (With Mihalyi and Adam)

"The United States and China in Africa: What does the data say?" CARI Policy Brief No.18, Johns Hopkins University SAIS (2016) (With Eom, Atkins, Chen, and Zhou)

“How Chinese Money is Transforming Africa: It's Not What You Think”. CARI Policy Brief No.11, Johns Hopkins University SAIS (2016) (With Brautigam and Eom)

“Chinese-Financed Hydropower Project in Sub-Saharan Africa”. CARI Policy Brief No.8, Johns Hopkins SAIS (2015) (With Brautigam and Wang)

“Chinese Engagement in Hydropower Infrastructure in Sub-Sahara Africa”. CARI Working Paper No.1, Johns Hopkins SAIS (2015) (With Brautigam and Wang)