How a Major Shift in Chinese Lending is Backfiring Across the Global South

Chinese lending is increasingly shifting from boosting development to helping indebted countries keep the lights on. This is now adding to debt distress across the developing world.

AidData, a research group at the College of William and Mary focusing on Chinese lending, shows that emergency liquidity support is making up a much larger portion of Chinese loans to the Global South. 

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