The Journal of Contemporary China published online on 30 June 2021 a research article titled "China and Western Aid Norms in the Belt and Road: Normative Clash or Convergence? A Case Study on Ethiopia" by Mario Esteban and Iliana Olivie.
The authors find that Chinese development actors' understanding of ownership and transparency is relatively stable and different from that of Western donors and that they promote their own understanding of those principles among Ethiopian stakeholders.
