International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea

Abstract

International Development Cooperation (KAIDEC). The JASID and KAIDEC have worked together closely on both academic and policy discussions. Members of the two associations have participated in annual conferences hosted by their counterparts. During the period of the book project, the relationship between two Northeast Asian neighbors was unusually cold, granting that there have always been ups-and-downs in the relationship. Nevertheless, the JASID and KAIDEC maintained its close working relationship. This book epitomizes the underlying cooperation beneath the international relations. Two members of the editorial team, Huck-ju Kwon and Tatsufumi Yamagata, were the Presidents of respective associations, KAIDEC and JASID, which provided strategic advantage in assembling scholars and experts from two countries. There have been international exchanges through which Japanese and Korean authors could meet regularly, with some meetings organized by the United Nations Economic Commission of Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP