Foreign Aid Competition in Northeast Asia

by David Potter, Hyo-sook Kim

Overview

High levels of economic growth have transformed the countries of Northeast Asia from aid recipients to aid donors. Foreign Aid Competition in Northeast Asia explores this transformation and its implications for economic development paradigms, policies, and practices. By being the first authors to look holistically at the countries in this region, Kim, Potter, and contributors address the dynamics, potential, and tensions of the aid programs of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. What motivates these northeastern Asian countries to embark on aid programs? Do their policies represent new approaches to foreign aid and poverty alleviation? Does aid from these countries reinforce or disrupt the emerging consensus within the international community on aid policy harmonization and coordination? These are among the questions answered in this edited collection. Students, scholars, and practitioners in international development will find this book to be a valuable reference guide for years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565494985
Publisher:	Kumarian Press, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

David Potter is a professor of political science in the Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan. He is the author of Japan’s Foreign Aid to Thailand and the Philippines and co-author of Media, Bureaucracies, and Foreign Aid.

Hyo-sook Kim is a Visiting Lecturer at Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms List of Figures and Tables Introduction (Hyo-sook Kim and David M. Potter)
Part One: Individual Donors
1) Japan’s Official Development Assistance (David M. Potter)
2) DAC Membership and the Development of Korean Official Development Assistance (Hyo-sook Kim)
3) China’s Foreign Aid (Shino Watanabe)
4) Taiwan’s Foreign Aid: Seeking for Statehood (Kondo Hisahiro)
Part Two: Aid Competition and Cooperation
5) The Asian Development Bank and Regional Aid Coordination: Japan, China, and the Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion (Yasuhiro Noda)
6) Aid to Africa From Japan, Korea, and China: Ideology, Economic Interests, and Poverty (Pedro Carvalho, Hyo-sook Kim, and David M. Potter)
7) Aid Competition Between China and Taiwan in the Pacific Islands (Anthony van Fossen)
Conclusion (David M. Potter and Hyo-sook Kim)
Bibliography Index