Some Chinese grants to the DRC rise and fall with copper prices. 📊⛏️ The 2024 Sicomines amendment includes $324M in annual grants that drop to zero if copper hits $5,200/ton and rise 30% above $12,000. Could price-linked grants become a template? 🤔aiddata.org/publications/dem…

This Saturday, @AidData and partners IIC, Whole of Government, and @CGA_WM welcomed 100+ friends to a @williamandmary Homecoming bash! Our last before moving to Gates Hall, we can’t wait for what’s next in our new home! 🎉 Learn more: wm.edu/sites/aiddata/

Yesterday, AidData staff past and present joined 250+ guests to dedicate Gates Hall at @williamandmary, our upcoming home. We can’t wait to see what we build together here. 👀 news.wm.edu/2026/10/22/wm-de…

The Daily Show called China’s loan for Uganda’s main airport “debt-trap diplomacy.” Our director, Brad Parks, knew something sounded off. @AidData researchers dug in, found the key loan document, and published it with @FT. 🧵

AidData began as an honors thesis at @williamandmary in 2003. Since then, 2,000+ W&M students have joined our team, and our research has been cited 2,100 times by outlets like the @BBC. Join us Sat Oct 24, 12:30pm! Free music, drinks + appetizers 🎶🍴 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

China is a dominant maritime power, but where does Beijing direct overseas port financing, and to what end? @AidData researchers tackle it in a new chapter of "Traversing the Belt and Road" (@Harvard_Press), drawing on “Harboring Global Ambitions.” 👀 hup.harvard.edu/books/978067…

“I kept thinking about how we could take what we were learning beyond interviews and data.” @williamandmary undergrad Tajalla Moslih reflects on a year of student research on Afghan migration. 👉 aiddata.org/blog/from-resear…

Join @AidData Sat, Oct 24 for W&M Homecoming at Swem’s Conservation Patio! Food, drinks, music & a look at what’s next 👀 RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

Droughts are getting longer, and farmers feel it most. Irrigation helps, but does it last? With @IFAD, @AidData is using satellite imagery to track long-term impact in Cape Verde, Ethiopia, and the Philippines. aiddata.org/blog/aiddata-par…

The EU will soon require proof that coffee and other commodities imported to the EU were not grown on deforested land. @AidData + COSA worked with Honduran smallholder coffee farmers to test approaches for data collection and deforestation monitoring.

This past Tuesday, @AidData hosted our panel discussion on the future of Afghan allies. But, as @AidData's Nara Sritharan noted in her intro speech, “tonight is a student-led event.” For more 👉aiddata.org/migration