David Arase (ed.)

Gebundenes Buch

Japan's Foreign Aid

Old Continuities and New Directions

Herausgeber: Arase, David

Beschreibung

This book analyzes the distinctive features of Japan's development aid, especially technical co-operation, in comparison with other donors' aid. It provides a wealth of material, and discusses important questions, such as whether Japan is behind other leading donor countries in rethinking its aid policy; whether Japan's aid programmes are too donor-led, and insufficiently consultative; whether Japan's aid over-emphasises technical co-operation, and assumes that aid means industrialisation, rather than giving due weight to social needs; and how far Japan's aid is focused on Asia. It assesses the nature and effectiveness of the administration of Japan's aid, and explores the degree of involvement of the private sector and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). It offers conclusions and policy recommendations on all these points. One important conclusion is that, whatever its shortcomings, Japan's aid is much appreciated by recipient countries.

Autor

David Arase is an associate professor of politics at Pomona College in Claremont, California. He has published extensive research on Japanese foreign policy and East Asian relations including Buying Power: The Political Economy of Japanese Foreign Aid (Lynne Rienner, 1995), and the edited collection The Challenge of Change: East Asia in the New Millennium (Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley, 2002).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9780415359993
• ISBN-10: 0415359996
• Artikelnr.: 21698915