Yunnan Chen is a Senior Research Officer in the Development and Public Finance programme at the Overseas Development Institute in London. Her research interests centre around development finance, particularly in the infrastructure and energy sectors, and Chinese development finance overseas. She is a PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and has conducted extensive field research on China-Africa economic engagement. She holds an MA in political science from the University of British Columbia, and a BA in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Oxford.