China’s Strategy in Brazil & the Southern Cone
What does China stand to gain from investing in Latin America’s energy projects? Where is China looking next in the region?
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Interpreting Chinese Finance to LAC
Despite slowing growth on both sides of the Pacific, China’s policy bank finance to Latin America reached $30 billion in 2015.
Chinese Finance to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2016
The year 2016 was the third highest on record for Chinese state-to-state finance in Latin America.
The New Banks in Town: Chinese Finance in Latin America
Estimates of the volume, composition, and characteristics of Chinese lending to the region since 2005.
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A New Phase in China-LAC Economic Relations?
China’s economic footprint in the region is expanding at a rapid pace. Can Latin American societies keep up?
Scaling Back: Chinese Development Finance in LAC, 2019
The year 2019 was among the lowest on record for Chinese state-to-state finance in Latin America, with only approximately $1.1 billion in loans from China Development Bank and China Eximbank to Latin American governments and state-owned enterprises.
China’s Financial Calculus in Latin America: Before and After Covid-19
Future Chinese engagement with Latin America will be carefully justified on the basis of economic and/or political return on investment.
Shifting Gears: Chinese Finance in LAC, 2020
China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China issued no new finance to Latin American and Caribbean governments or state-run companies in 2020.
What Role for China’s Policy Banks in LAC?
Again this year, China’s policy banks—China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (Eximbank)—issued no new finance to Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments or state-run companies, according to findings from the Inter-American Dialogue’s Asia and Latin America Program and the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP).
On the Ecuador-China Debt Deal: Q&A with Augusto de la Torre
In September 2022, Ecuador and China reached an agreement this week to restructure $4.4 billion of Ecuador’s debt with Chinese banks, which is estimated to provide $1.4 billion worth of debt relief to Ecuador through 2025.
Chinese Finance to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017
China’s record of lending in LAC continues to surpass that of other banks, even though policy banks issued only $9 billion to the region in 2017.
Chinese Development Finance “Down But Not Out” in Latin America
Chinese investment and lending in the region declined last year, in part reflecting skittishness over the deteriorating situation in Venezuela. Despite the drop, Chinese state-to-state finance continues to outstrip the World Bank, IDB and CAF.
Financiamiento estatal chino en Latinoamérica, en el nivel más bajo desde 2012
La fuerte disminución en el 2017 se debe a que los bancos estatales chinos se abstuvieron de hacer préstamos a Venezuela, de lejos el mayor receptor de financiamiento del gigante asiático en la región desde el 2005.
Cautious Capital: Chinese Development Finance in LAC, 2018
China provided relatively little state finance to Latin America in 2018, but China remains a key source of credit for some countries in LAC.
从2018年趋势看中资银行在拉美地区的关键角色
近期的进展显示，中国的政策性银行、商业银行以及其他金融平台仍将维持中国在拉美地区的角色，并将向更加广泛的项目类型拓宽。