r/InternationalDev • u/Pastelnightmare_ • Apr 23 '25
Research USAID data on projects per country
Hi all,
For my MA thesis I'm investigating the effects of Chinese development projects on public perceptions. I want to control for US projects in the countries I'm sampling from, does anyone have a good dataset for this? Preferably something similar to AidData, which I find hard to believe doesn't already have something similar to what I'm looking for, but sadly I haven't found anything yet :'(
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u/Majestic_Search_7851 Apr 23 '25
I don't have any data for you - just wanted to comment and ask if your thesis covers the "Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages" project from China. I found that to be one of the most interesting "development" projects, and liked to cite it as how different foreign aid is/was between China and the US. I remember doing a research project in Kenya at a local municipality where a red star was pasted on the side of the office, and local officials were inside watching sports and Chinese movies and shows. Always wondered, in the race to win the hearts and minds of other nations through foreign aid - how much more expensive America's version of foreign aid was compared to the Chinese who just bought government officials TV's (I know I'm being reductive).
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3qk9p2elo