The China Africa Research Initiative published in October 2021 a briefing paper titled "What is the Real Story of China's 'Hidden Debt'?" by Deborah Brautigam and Yufan Huang.
This paper examines the data underpinning the recent conclusions reached by AidData, a research lab at William and Mary University. It concludes that the AidData report is unduly alarmist because it is distorted by outliers such as Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo, and Venezuela.
