國(guó)際經(jīng)濟(jì)與貿(mào)易學(xué)院雙周論壇

【主題】Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China's Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited

【報(bào)告人】Andreas Fuchs，2012年獲德國(guó)哥廷根大學(xué)（University of Goettingen）經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)博士，現(xiàn)為德國(guó)海德伯格大學(xué)（Heidelberg University）博士后研究員。主要從事國(guó)際政治經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、發(fā)展經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、國(guó)際貿(mào)易和中國(guó)的政治經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)等研究。研究成果已經(jīng)發(fā)表在世界一流期刊，如Journal of International Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, World Development, World Economy等。

【時(shí)間】2014年9月3日（周三）下午3:00-4:30

【地點(diǎn)】中央財(cái)經(jīng)大學(xué)中財(cái)大廈1032室（國(guó)貿(mào)學(xué)院會(huì)議室）

【論文摘要】China’s development finance is sizable but reliable information is scarce. To address critical information gaps, we introduce a new open source methodology for collecting project-level development finance information and create a database of Chinese official finance to Africa from 2000-2011. Our initial data collection efforts found that China’s official finance commitments amount to approximately US$ 73 billion over the 2000-2011 period. We provide details on 1,511 non-investment projects to 50 African countries. We use this database to extend previous research on the aid-conflict nexus. Our results show that sudden withdrawals of “traditional” aid are only more likely to induce conflict in the absence of sufficient alternative funding from China. More broadly, these findings highlight the importance of gathering better data on the development activities of China and other non-traditional donors to better understand the link between foreign aid and conflict.