AidData’s Chinese Official Finance in Three Ecologically Sensitive Areas, Level 1, Version 1.01

Published by: Open Development Mekong

This is the 1.0.1 version of the Level 1 product, of a sub-nationally georeferenced dataset of Chinese official finance activities between 2000 and 2014 in three ecologically sensitive regions -- the Tropical Andes in South America, the Great Lakes of Africa, and the Mekong Delta in Southeast Asia.

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Dataset topic category	Aid and development Banking and financial services Chinese aid Infrastructure
Language	English
Dataset reference date	January 30, 2017
Temporal extent's start date	January 31, 2017
Temporal extent's end date	January 31, 2017
GeoNames	Cambodia Lao People's Democratic Republic Myanmar Thailand Viet Nam
West bounding coordinates	92.8983459472656
East bounding coordinates	108.805046081543
South bounding coordinates	6.83332967758179
North bounding coordinates	26.0
Spatial Reference System	WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) (CRS:84)
Positional Accuracy	Please refer to the README file for cavets on accuracy.
Logical Consistency	There are no known issues with logical consistency.
Completeness	Please refer to the Cavets section of the README file attached in the resources.
Process Step	See documentation regarding AidData's Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows (TUFF) methodology provided in the resources folder of this dataset. ODM extracted only the relevant projects for the 5 Lower Mekong Countries, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar.
Lineage	BenYishay, Ariel, Bradley Parks, Daniel Runfola, Rachel Trichler. 2016. Forest Cover Impacts of Chinese Development Projects in Ecologically Sensitive Areas. AidData Working Paper #32. Williamsburg, VA: AidData. http://aiddata.org/blog/aiddata-publishes-geocoded-dataset-on-chinese-financing-in-ecological-hotspots
Responsible party	AidData: Contact data@aiddata.org
Metadata creator information	Please refer to full and complete metadata documentation provided in the resources attached to this record.
License	ODC-BY-1.0
Copyright	No
Version	1.0.1
Date uploaded	January 31, 2017, 11:14 (UTC)
Date modified	October 15, 2019, 15:55 (UTC)