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Bradley Parks
Bradley Parks is the Executive Director of AidData, a research lab at William & Mary. He leads a team of 35 program evaluators, policy analysts, and media and communication professionals who work with governments and international organizations to improve the ways in which overseas investments are targeted, monitored, and evaluated.
Prior to joining AidData, he was part of the initial team that set up the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and M.Sc. in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research has been published in academic and policy journals, including Science, Governance, World Development, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the National Interest, and China Economic Quarterly.
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Safeguarding strategic interests with development finance? India's response to China's expanding footprint in the Global South
Studies have suggested that both India and China use grants and concessional loans as a means to gain favour with developing countries. Using 2007-2014 data on development projects implemented by the two economies, this article shows that India tends to make financial commitments and increase its local presence as a response to China’s development activities, in order to compete for commercial influence.
