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Issue · Chinese development finance

Belt and Road lending

Mixed

Built infrastructure across the Global South, but the Lowy Institute finds China has turned into a net financial drain on developing-country budgets.

Role
Chinese development finance
Type
Issue
Assessment
Mixed, since 30 Oct 2026
Last revised
30 Oct 2026
Sources
2

Our assessment

Built infrastructure across the Global South, but the Lowy Institute finds China has turned into a net financial drain on developing-country budgets.

Connections

Assessment history

  1. File opened from the research dataset.

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