Next steps for China’s new development policy agency

Next steps for China’s new development policy agency

Wei Liu and Heiner Janus, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 28 November 2018

China’s development agency released “Measures for the Administration of Foreign Aid” on 13 November, asking for comments from the public. The measures clarify and guide the practices of all Chinese institutions engaged in foreign aid. Although these are internal management guidelines for the Chinese bureaucracy, they have far reaching global consequences. According to latest estimates, China has steadily increased foreign aid over recent years and in 2016 was the seventh largest donor globally.

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