The Rise of Asian Donors: Japan's impact on the evolution of emerging donors

by Jin Sato (Editor), Yasutami Shimomura (Editor)

Overview

Why do poor countries give aid to others? This book critically examines how aspirations for providing aid have coexisted with experiences of receiving aid and have transformed the practice of giving aid, with particular reference to the experiences of Japan and China. It highlights the historical sources that explain the pattern and strength of foreign aid that these new donors provide.

The book has systematically examined the situation unique to middle income countries that are receiving and giving aid simultaneously. It sheds light on the endogenous elements embedded in the socio-economic conditions of emerging donors, as well as their learning process as aid recipients. This book examines not only the perspectives of recipients, but also those of donors: Japan in the case of China, and the USA and the World Bank in the case of Japan. By bringing in the donor’s perspective, we come to a holistic understanding of foreign aid as a product of interaction between the various agents involved. The book provides not only an in-depth case study of Japan from a historical perspective, but also stretches its scope to cover contemporary debates on "emerging donors," including China, India and Korea who have received substantial amount of aid from Japan in the past. This book connects the often separated discussion of Japanese aid and the way it developed in relation to outside forces.

In short, this book represents the first attempt to empirically examine the "life of a donor" with a clear focus on the origins, struggles, and futures of non-western donors and their impact on established aid regime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136221682
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/07/2013
Series:	Routledge-GRIPS Development Forum Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jin Sato has worked as Assistance Professor and Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo since 2000, before joining the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo. He has a Ph.D in International Studies and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. His research interests include the political economy of natural resources in developing countries; rural poverty and common property resources; land and forest administration in Thailand; development/environmental policy-making　processes. His most recent topic of interest is on the concept of “resource” as a uniting interface between environmental conservation and economic development. He conducted 2 years of fieldwork in Thailand and also served as a policy advisor to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Thai Government from 2004 to 2005.

Yasutami Shimomura is at Hosei University in Tokyo. As a former employee of OECF, he has a long experience with development work. Currently, he is a member of the Board of the Japan Bank of International Co-operation. He is the leader of a research group on “Governance and Development in the ASEAN Region”, which is sponsored by the ASEAN Fund.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Jin Sato 2. Domestic Functions of Economic Cooperation: Japan’s Evolution as a Donor in the 1950s, Jin Sato 3. How U.S. Aid in the 1950s Prepared Japan as a Future Donor, Toshihiro Higuchi 4. Technology Transfer and Technology Development in Post-World War II Japan Triggered by World Bank Projects, Mikiyasu Nakayama and Ryo Fujikura 5. World Bank Regional Development Projects in Japan: Two Pilot Farm Projects, Fifty Years Later, Ryo Fujikura and Mikiyasu Nakayama 6. Donors’ Impact on China: How have Major Donors Affected China’s Economic Development and Foreign Aid Policy?, Shino Watanabe 7. The Evolution of Aid, Investment, Trade Synthesis in China and Japan, Yasutami Shimomura and Wang Ping 8. Korea's Pathway from Recipient to Donor: How does Japan Matter?, Hisahiro Kondoh 9. Role of Japan in the Evolution of Indian Aid Policy, Hiroaski Shiga 10. Conclusion, Yasutami Shimomura