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  "title": "Has Chinese Aid Benefited Recipient Countries? Evidence from a Meta-Regression Analysis",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, February 25, 2022",
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  "summary": "This paper employs a meta-regression analysis of 473 estimates from 15 studies to take stock of the empirical literature on Chinese aid effectiveness.",
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      "content": "- Meta-regression analysis of 473 estimates from 15 studies.\n- Study focuses on empirical literature on Chinese aid effectiveness."
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      "heading": "Core findings",
      "content": "- On average, Beijing’s foreign assistance has had a positive impact on economic and social outcomes in recipient countries.\n- Chinese aid has an opposite effect on governance, albeit negligible in size.\n- After accommodating publication selection bias, the above average effects persist."
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      "heading": "Publication selection and authorship effects",
      "content": "- Studies that fail to uncover statistically significant effects are less likely to be submitted to journals, or accepted for publication.\n- Results are not driven by authors’ institutional affiliation."
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      "heading": "Sources of heterogeneity across estimates",
      "content": "- Differences in study characteristics explain heterogeneity among Chinese aid effectiveness estimates reported in the literature, including:\n  - the type of development outcome considered;\n  - how the Chinese aid variable is measured;\n  - the geographic region under study;\n  - the publication outlet.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2022/02/25/has-chinese-aid-benefited-recipient-countries-evidence-from-a-meta-regression-analysis-513160"
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    "Authors: Pierre Mandon",
    "Published: February 25, 2022",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400200670.001",
    "Meta-regression analysis of 473 estimates from 15 studies.",
    "Study focuses on empirical literature on Chinese aid effectiveness.",
    "On average, Beijing’s foreign assistance has had a positive impact on economic and social outcomes in recipient countries.",
    "Chinese aid has an opposite effect on governance, albeit negligible in size.",
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    "Studies that fail to uncover statistically significant effects are less likely to be submitted to journals, or accepted for publication.",
    "Results are not driven by authors’ institutional affiliation.",
    "Differences in study characteristics explain heterogeneity among Chinese aid effectiveness estimates reported in the literature, including:",
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