Chinese Foreign Aid and Financing: An Example of New Development Assistance?

This article compares the evolution of China's and Japan's foreign policies to Lusophone Africa, focusing on the period post-2000. The lack of analysis on Beijing's and Tokyo's respective aid policies towards Portuguese-speaking African countries (Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa, PALOP) makes this study relevant. Arguably, Japan's development “edge” over China in terms of the “aid model” approach towards PALOP countries is under threat. This raises questions about China's changing pattern of aid, characterised by an increasing amount of “soft” aid towards PALOP states outside of trade and investment relations, which is much in line with Japan's aid philosophy and, according to observers, less neocolonialist than Japan's previous aid practices. This paper asks which model of cooperation is morally better and which is more effective, as both donors have interests in PALOP countries beyond development assistance. It finds complementarities in the two countries’ aid allocation to PALOP states, such as poverty eradication given the sectoral diversity of Chinese aid, and the empowerment of local communities fostered by Japanese aid's emphasis on grassroots and human-security projects.

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What Does Strategic Partnerships with ASEAN Mean for Japan’s Foreign Aid?

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs ◽

10.1177/2347797018798996 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 267-294 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dennis D. Trinidad

Keyword(s):

Foreign Aid ◽

Regional Cooperation ◽

Development Cooperation ◽

Strategic Partnership ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Strategic Partnerships ◽

Security Cooperation ◽

Asean Member ◽

New Development ◽

Aid Policy

This article examines the implications of Japan’s strategic partnerships with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-countries on its foreign aid policy. Although there were previous attempts at aligning the broad goals of Japan’s aid policy with security and defence objectives, it argues that these partnerships have increasingly led to the emergence of a securitized aid. This is because strategic partnership, as a new form of security practice in the Asia-Pacific, extends the scope of Japan’s regional cooperation to the fields of defence and security. The overall extent of Japan’s aid securitization is still minimal but prominent in terms of the aid discourse, pattern of allotments or choice of recipients and institutional structures. Despite the adoption of new development cooperation charter in 2015, the use of Japan’s ODA is still confined to non-military use which limits Tokyo’s desire to deepen its security cooperation with ASEAN partner-countries.

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Institutional benchmarking of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa

International Journal of Social Economics ◽

10.1108/ijse-12-2013-0286 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 42 (6) ◽

pp. 543-565 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Simplice A. Asongu

Keyword(s):

Foreign Aid ◽

Development Assistance ◽

Institutional Quality ◽

Political Stability ◽

Institutional Development ◽

African Countries ◽

Content Type ◽

Institutional Dynamics ◽

Government Quality ◽

Institutional Benefits

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to integrate two main strands of the aid-development nexus in assessing whether institutional thresholds matter in the effectiveness of foreign-aid on institutional development in 53 African countries over the period 1996-2010. Design/methodology/approach – The panel quantile regression technique enables us to investigate if the relationship between institutional dynamics and development assistance differs throughout the distributions of institutional dynamics. Eight government quality indicators are employed: rule of law, regulation quality, government effectiveness, corruption, voice and accountability, control of corruption, political stability and democracy. Findings – Three hypotheses are tested and the following findings are established: first, institutional benefits of foreign-aid are contingent on existing institutional levels in Africa; second, but for a thin exception (democracy), foreign-aid is more negatively correlated with countries of higher institutional quality than with those of lower quality; third, the institutional benefits of foreign-aid are not questionable until greater domestic institutional development has taken place. The reverse is true instead. government quality benefits of development assistance are questionable in African countries irrespective of prevailing institutional quality levels. Originality/value – This paper contributes to existing literature on the effectiveness of foreign-aid by focussing on the distribution of the dependent variables (institutional dynamics). It is likely that best and worst countries in terms of institutions respond differently to development assistance.

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Development Assistance

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190680015.013.19 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

John A. Simon ◽

Michael W. Miller

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Foreign Aid ◽

International Criminal ◽

Development Assistance ◽

The United States ◽

Foreign Assistance ◽

Marshall Plan ◽

Successful Development ◽

National Interests ◽

Failing States

The Marshall Plan marked the beginning of modern foreign assistance, and from the very outset national security and foreign aid have been inextricably linked. Successful development assistance can make the world a safer, more stable place, advancing U.S. national interests in direct and subtle ways. Aid can help struggling states avoid becoming failing states, where all manner of threats—from terrorists to international criminal networks to deadly pathogens—can find a safe haven. Aid helps stave off political strife that contributes to the rise of demagogues with interests antithetical to those of the United States. At its best, foreign assistance can reinforce country efforts to join the community of democracies. A world where there are fewer wars, terrorist safe havens, and political tyrants is a more secure world for the United States.

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