Net disbursements of official development assistance to recipients Total, bilateral and multilateral aid (millions of US dollars); and as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI)

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suk-Won Lee ◽  
Jae-Keun Jeon

In developing countries, infrastructure construction projects are sometimes recognized as mega projects that are important for national development. Such projects are usually implemented as official development assistance (ODA). However, the correlation between the size of ODA and the infrastructure construction project orders gained cannot be completely confirmed. South Korea gives constant aid to developing countries and increases the budget of ODA simultaneously in order to select which country’s construction market to advance. The largest portion of South Korea’s aid continues to be provided to Asian countries. This study analyzes the dynamic relationship between South Korea’s ODA to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) developing countries and the economic fluctuations represented by infrastructure construction projects, gross domestic product (GDP), gross national income (GNI), and foreign direct investment (FDI). The analysis result shows that the scale of ODA is synergistic to the number of infrastructure construction project orders awarded. In other words, as ODA increases, developing countries can continue to construct infrastructure, and South Korean companies can improve their performance in overseas construction projects in cooperation with those countries. The results of this study can be used as basic data for the decision-making of donor countries when selecting a country’s construction market to advance.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Garrido Rodríguez

La corrupción es uno de los grandes problemas que amenazan el bienestar de la sociedad. En los últimos años, han sido conocidos múltiples y muy significativos casos de corrupción, tanto a nivel internacional como en España. El ámbito de la Cooperación Internacional y la Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo, pese a la nobleza de su razón de ser, no escapa, sin embargo, al ataque de las prácticas corruptas. En este artículo, se emplean las metodologías de interacción de variables y análisis descriptivo y funcional para estudiar cómo afecta la corrupción a la Cooperación Internacional y la Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo en España y analizar los mecanismos desarrollados para evitarla. Asimismo, se estudian una serie de prácticas, que sin ser jurídicamente corrupción, desnaturalizan el concepto, restan eficiencia y deben ser corregidas.


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