Introduction: Beyond Aid – The Future of Development Cooperation

Gu, Jing; Kitano, Naohiro

doi:10.19088/1968-2018.145

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“…There is a paradigm shift about KPIs, from Millennial's Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals. The paradigm shift resulted in the main actors of international development cooperating, not only the state but also other actors, i.e., supra-state actors, namely international donor agencies that are also concerned about international development cooperation such as UNDP, OECD, World Bank, IMF, GIZ, JICA, etc., and non-state actors, namely private and academic circles, as well as substate actors (Gu & Kitano 2018b).…”

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Social and Political Issues on Sustainable Development in the Post Covid-19 Crisis

Sukmana¹,

Salahudin²,

Robbie³

et al. 2022

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Pandemics are a real threat to mankind because the spread of such outbreaks has a wide coverage not limited to only one or two countries but affecting almost all countries in the world. As a threat, a pandemic has indirect implications for social, economic and political conditions both at domestic and international levels. Thus, collective and comprehensive efforts are needed in responding to and preventing the expansion of infections caused by viruses, including Covid-19. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020, many countries have tried their best to prevent the spread of the virus in their countries. Nevertheless, only few have succeeded in responding to this pandemic. Then it tends to create new problems, for example the disruption of the social and economic order. The heterogeneous social order has resulted in a lot of premature speculation related to the Covid-19 virus, this causes many people to tend to ignore it.This neglectful attitude itself is a problem within humankind due to the lack of information and knowledge, especially since the characteristics of Covid-19 are a quickly-spread type of flu. The implication for the economic order is the cessation of the flow of production as well as discontinuation of goods and services transfer. It is because the virus spreads through the air, so that the fear of infection is definitely great. In addition, the implementation of policies or regulations that are tentative in nature has caused political turmoil. These three implications can at least illustrate that the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the existing order. As a result, governments must work hard to deal with and prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus.The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and the Faculty of Economic and Business, University of Muhammadiyah Malang held an international conference under the name

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Social and Political Issues on Sustainable Development in the Post Covid-19 Crisis

Sukmana¹,

Salahudin²,

Robbie³

et al. 2022

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“…Developing a better synergy between foreign aid and the private sector in a growing Asian region is the way forward. This may require combining aid, trade, and investment and partnership among donors (Gu & Kitano, 2018).…”

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The Rise of Asian Aid Donors: Recipient-to-Donor Transition and Implications for International Aid Regime

Dole

Lewis-Workman

Trinidad

et al. 2021

Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies

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The aims of this article are twofold. First, from a historical perspective, it examines the recipient-to-donor transition of five Asian aid donors, namely Japan, Korea, China, India, and Thailand. Specifically, it examines the evolution of their foreign aid programs and practices. Second, it analyzes the effects of Asian aid donors on the international aid regime. We argue that the mix of economic and security goals, which motivated Asian donors to develop their initial economic cooperation programs, have persisted over time. This explains why Asian aid donors have allotted a disproportionate share of their assistance to neighboring countries and their use of foreign aid as a key tool of their commercial and diplomatic policies. Moreover, we contend that the rise and experience of Asian aid donors have created a new dynamic to donor–recipient partnerships and development cooperation like new approaches and modalities. Key findings of this study add to the growing literature on emerging donors and aid effectiveness debate.

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“…The commercial orientation was further amplified in the 1990s as a result of China's aid reform and the "Going out" (also known as "Going global") policy (Johnston and Rudyak 2017;Morgan and Zheng 2019). Nowadays, China's foreign aid is so closely linked with its trade and investment activities that it is believed to be re-defining international development cooperation (Gu et al 2014;Lin and Wang 2016;Gu and Kitano 2018).…”

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The Aid-Contracting Nexus: The Role of The International Contracting Industry in China’s Overseas Development Engagements

Zhang¹

2020

chinaperspectives

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Commercial interests in China's foreign aid projects are widely recognised in the literature. Yet, the role of the Chinese companies involved in such activities remains understudied. Piecing together information from primary sources, this article retells the story of China's overseas development engagements from the perspective of China's international contracting industry, the history of which is closely intertwined with China's foreign aid practices. Identified by the state to be a strategic vehicle for exporting Chinese labour, industrial products, technology, management skills, and capital, international construction contractors (ICECs) have received substantial policy support and have grown into prominent multinational corporations with global footprints. I use the concept of the "aid-contracting nexus" to highlight the linkage between China's economic diplomacy and domestic economic development strategy. The "aid-contracting nexus" provides a critical lens for analysing China's overseas development engagements, including why it has focused primarily on infrastructure, and the conceptual confusion over China's development finance. This analysis also speaks to the popular accusations that Chinese lending practices are predatory or "debt-trapping" by underscoring mercantilist logic as an alternative explanation. The evolving business model of ICECs is likely to pose new challenges for China's foreign relations.

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Introduction: Beyond Aid – The Future of Development Cooperation

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Social and Political Issues on Sustainable Development in the Post Covid-19 Crisis

Social and Political Issues on Sustainable Development in the Post Covid-19 Crisis

The Rise of Asian Aid Donors: Recipient-to-Donor Transition and Implications for International Aid Regime

The Aid-Contracting Nexus: The Role of The International Contracting Industry in China’s Overseas Development Engagements

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