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    Mar 3

    [] 's Brad Parks joins us this week to discuss why Uganda's Entebbe International Airport was never at risk of being seized by Chinese creditors. Insights also from & . Listen here:

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    Mar 3

    🧵 features 's latest research in on 🇨🇳China Eximbank's $200m loan to 🇺🇬 for the Entebbe Airport project to make several key points: 1) Contrary to popular perception, the airport is NOT at risk of seizure!

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  3. Mar 2

    “These are (more) aggressive terms than what we have seen earlier,” Bradley Parks, executive director at , told , saying the contract "limits the fiscal autonomy of the government". 6/6

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  4. Mar 2

    This condition, which was previously undisclosed, is extraordinary given that airport—a public infrastructure asset—existed and generated substantial government revenue for 42 years before the loan was issued. 5/6

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  5. Mar 2

    ’s analysis also reveals that Eximbank required that **all revenues** generated by Entebbe Airport be used to repay the loan on a priority basis for 20 years. 4/6

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  6. Mar 2

    The contract shows does not have legal grounds to seize , Uganda's main international airport—but it has required the Government of to keep cash collateral in an escrow account that can be seized in the event of default. 3/6

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  7. Mar 2

    This week, published the full, unredacted text of that exact loan contract for the International Airport Upgrading and Expansion Project. (Click below to read our take + download the contract). 2/6

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  8. Mar 2

    🧵 Remember late last year, when 's with parodied 's financing a controversial $200m loan for 's biggest airport, ? (See the end of the clip for their tongue-in-cheek skit). 1/6

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    Feb 28

    High-quality research and analysis from . Always nice to find link to and in the same post. Bottom line: One more nail in the coffin of the Diplomacy narrative. China is ensuring it gets repaid, but not seizing assets. .

    🧵Remember 's sitcom on Chinese financing of 's Entebbe International Airport? Today, we at have released the original, unredacted loan contract between China Eximbank & the government of Uganda. Details below 👇🏼
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    Mar 1

    research featured in piece on 's airport controversy

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    Feb 28

    Uganda's Entebbe Airport is not collateral for the $200m China Eximbank loan used to modernise the airport, as claimed by Ugandan MPs last year. Its revenues, paid into an escrow account, are, acc. to a copy of the contract obtained by researchers

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    Feb 28

    Learn more about the $200M loan contract for the Entebbe International Airport Upgrading and Expansion Project, published by W&M's yesterday

    Chinese lenders squeeze African borrowers even harder
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    Feb 28

    GRI's obtained, published, and analyzed the Chinese loan contract — concluding that "Beijing is a shrewd negotiator who is willing to impose intrusive conditions upon sovereign borrowers," but not necessarily a predatory lender.

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    Feb 28

    "This is more aggressive than we have previously seen," 's Executive Director Brad Parks said in when analyzing the conditions of a Chinese loan contract intended to modernize Uganda's international airport.

    Chinese lenders squeeze African borrowers even harder
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    Feb 27

    If you're curious to see what an actual Chinese loan contract with an African government looks like, you can view the full unredacted version of the $200 million loan deal for the Entebbe Airport between Uganda and the China Exim Bank: via

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    Feb 27

    🧵Remember 's sitcom on Chinese financing of 's Entebbe International Airport? Today, we at have released the original, unredacted loan contract between China Eximbank & the government of Uganda. Details below 👇🏼

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    Feb 27

    1/2 New investigation into the controversial Entebbe Airport loan contract with China Exim Bank confirms the airport was never at risk of seizure contrary to widespread reporting by , and many others:

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    Feb 27

    Privileged to present the Speakers at As Chief Economist at at , is a development economist using geospatial analysis & remote sensing to study the impacts of development programs Register Now:

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    Feb 26

    report from October 2021 points to how 's research on Chinese development finance sheds new light on the public financial impacts of Belt & Road projects on large developing countries like

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    Feb 26

    Leading New Zealand publication extensively cites 's report "Banking on the Belt & Road" to analyze 's extensive engagements in the Islands

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