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    A closer look at the risks and opportunities of China's aid to Africa

    Critics of Chinese aid to Africa often focus on the donor's motives and not the reasons recipient governments are eager to receive such untied assistance. How important is it to see the other side of the story?

    By Lean Alfred Santos // 05 December 2014

    The debate over China’s oft-misunderstood approach to aid and development has almost always focused on the motives of the East Asian country, as the donor, and never those of the governments and leaders that receive the assistance.

    How important is it to see the other side of the story — why governments accept the assistance — and how will it affect the effectiveness of the development programs that the Asian behemoth is funding seemingly at will?

    In a paper released alongside the launch of its first interactive geospatial dashboard, which drills Chinese-financed projects in Africa down to the community level, AidData tried to address these issues.

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      Lean Alfred Santos@DevexLeanAS

      Lean Alfred Santos is a former Devex development reporter focusing on the development community in Asia-Pacific, including major players such as the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. He previously covered Philippine and international business and economic news, sports and politics.

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