1、SIPRI Policy BriefSUMMARY China has become an important player in the changing international development aid landscape.There is a need to understand and analyse the motivation and objectives behind Chinas policy on international development cooperation and the differences between traditional Organis
2、ation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)Development Assistance Committee(DAC)led development assistance and Chinas development finance,which is typically composed of concessional and nonconcessional loans and export credits.In the aftermath of the dissolution of the United States Agency
3、for International Development and the overall decline in OECD DAC countries foreign aid budgets,serious questions have been raised on whether China will step up and step in to play a more prominent role.This policy brief aims to address some of these issues.INTRODUCTIONThe international development
4、aid landscape is facing its most serious challenge in nearly two decades.Many traditional donor members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)Development Assistance Committee(DAC),from Belgium to France,the Netherlands,Sweden,Switzerland and the United Kingdom,have announ