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The China-Latin America Finance Database (C-LAFD) has some useful data showing the total number, volume and kinds of loans from Chinese policy banks to Latin American and Caribbean governments and state-owned enterprises. Although this doesn't...
thedialogue.org/map_list/
The China-Latin America Finance Database (C-LAFD) has some useful data showing the total number, volume and kinds of loans from Chinese policy banks to Latin American and Caribbean governments and state-owned enterprises. Although this doesn't...
thedialogue.org/map_list/
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cover all Chinese investment in the region, it is probably a decent proxy: one of my former students covering Latin America at a policy bank told me that other Chinese investors pretty much watch what the policy banks do to get their cues on whether and how much to invest.
cover all Chinese investment in the region, it is probably a decent proxy: one of my former students covering Latin America at a policy bank told me that other Chinese investors pretty much watch what the policy banks do to get their cues on whether and how much to invest.
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I put together this simple graph based on the C-LAFD data. It shows that total lending peaked out in 2010, partly on the back of a major iron-ore deal with Venezuela. Within 2-3 years, however, it was clear that this deal was running into serious problems, but high levels...
I put together this simple graph based on the C-LAFD data. It shows that total lending peaked out in 2010, partly on the back of a major iron-ore deal with Venezuela. Within 2-3 years, however, it was clear that this deal was running into serious problems, but high levels...
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of lending to the region continued until 2015, around which time Venezuela was forced into restructuring its oil debt to China. After that, perhaps not surprisingly, total new lending to the region declined very sharply.
of lending to the region continued until 2015, around which time Venezuela was forced into restructuring its oil debt to China. After that, perhaps not surprisingly, total new lending to the region declined very sharply.
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According to the C-LAFB data, the biggest recipients of Chinese capital in the region have been Venezuela, by far ($62 billion), followed in order by Brazil ($30 billion), Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia. Adjusted for the size of their economies, the biggest recipient by...
According to the C-LAFB data, the biggest recipients of Chinese capital in the region have been Venezuela, by far ($62 billion), followed in order by Brazil ($30 billion), Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia. Adjusted for the size of their economies, the biggest recipient by...
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far is still Venezuela, although this is distorted by the collapse in Venezuela's economy, followed in order by Suriname, Ecuador, Jamaica and Bolivia.
far is still Venezuela, although this is distorted by the collapse in Venezuela's economy, followed in order by Suriname, Ecuador, Jamaica and Bolivia.
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