This paper evaluates the effect of development project aid from the World Bank and China on firms' sales growth, using …

ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating the effect of Chinese aid on subnational economic development … Chinese aid undermines economic development outcomes at either the district level or provincial level. Nor does political … improves local development outcomes, regardless of whether such aid is allocated to politically consequential jurisdictions. …

ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating the effect of Chinese aid on subnational economic development … Chinese aid undermines economic development outcomes at either the district level or provincial level. Nor does political … improves local development outcomes, regardless of whether such aid is allocated to politically consequential jurisdictions. …