China’s Development Finance - CKN Presentation
- Jue Wang (Leiden University) & Ruben Gonzalez Vicente (University of Birmingham)
- Date
- Wednesday 15 October 2025
- Time
- Address
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Schouwburgstraat
Schouwburgstraat 2
2511 VA The Hague - Room
- A2.01
Join us...
...for the presentation of a new China Knowledge Network (CKN) report on China’s Development Finance (CDF), twenty years after Chinese policy banks began their major expansion into the Global South.
The report examines how CDF has evolved from what was once described as “patient capital” into a more commercially oriented model. It explores the global and domestic factors shaping this shift, its implications for recipient countries, and its position within the broader development finance landscape.
Key themes include:
- China’s emphasis on large-scale infrastructure and the strategic role of policy banks.
- Fragmented governance structures and institutional rivalries
- The “post-peak” phase of CDF, with a turn towards green finance, digital infrastructure, and PPPs.
- Narratives of “debt-trap diplomacy” and the realities of borrower agency.
- China’s bilateral versus multilateral approaches to development finance.
The event will provide an empirically grounded and balanced assessment of CDF, offering critical insights for policymakers, scholars, and practitioners concerned with global development and finance. The event concludes with a networking drink at Café Schlemmer, 16:30 – 17:30.
Registration
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