David Arase (ed.)

Japan's Foreign Aid

Old Continuities and New Directions
Herausgeber: Arase, David

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780415359993
• ISBN-10: 0415359996
• Artikelnr.: 21698915

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Japanese Aid to Pakistan 3. A Comparison of Japan's and
the United States' Bilateral ODA Programs 4. Changes in Japanese ODA
Compared to Canadian ODA 5. A Comparative Analysis of Official Development
Assistance to China by Japan and Europe 6. Japanese Aid to South and
Southeast Asia: A Comparative Analysis 7. ODA Policies and Practice: The
Republic of Korea 8. A Comparative Study of Japan's ODA and Other Donors'
Aid to Thailand 9. Aid Effectiveness: The World Bank and Japan 10. Japanese
and Australian ODA 11. Japanese and British Overseas Aid Compared 12.
Swedish Views on Japanese ODA 13. The Effectiveness and Future tasks of
Japan's ODA in the Pacific Island Countries: A Recipient Perspective 14. An
Overview of Japanese ODA to Latin America