Japan's foreign aid: old and new contests

dc.contributor.authorJain, P.
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionPublished online: 24 Jul 2015.
dc.description.abstractDomestic and international contests explain the transformation of Japan's foreign aid programme begun in the early 1950s. Through contests between domestic players, Japan has streamlined its aid processes by introducing institutional innovations, accommodating new actors in aid policy and delivery, and responding more sensitively to public opinion and independent advice. At the international level, contests have come from the Development Assistance Committee/Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (DAC/OECD), the USA, and China. Through these contests, Japan has emerged as a more rounded aid donor. Its new aid model blends Western principles with concepts of ‘self-help’, favouring large infrastructure projects that serve both Japan's and recipient countries’ interests.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityPurnendra Jain
dc.identifier.citationThe Pacific Review, 2016; 29(1):93-113
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09512748.2015.1066415
dc.identifier.issn0951-2748
dc.identifier.issn1470-1332
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/106726
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0985877
dc.rights© 2015 Taylor & Francis
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2015.1066415
dc.subjectJapanese foreign aid; policy transformation; aid structure and processes; domestic and international contests; Japan aid model for emerging donors in Asia
dc.titleJapan's foreign aid: old and new contests
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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