Japan and Africa: Globalization and Foreign Aid in the 21st Century (Routledge Contemporary Asia Series)

Synopsis

Since the early 1990s, Japan has played an increasingly important and influential role in Africa. A primary mechanism that has furthered its influence has been through its foreign aid policies. Japan’s primacy, however, has been challenged by changing global conditions related to aid to Africa, including the consolidation of the poverty reduction agenda and China’s growing presence in Africa. This book analyzes contemporary political and economic relations in foreign aid policy between Japan and Africa. Primary questions focus on Japan’s influence in the African continent, reasons for spending its limited resources to further African development, and the way Japan’s foreign aid is invested in Africa. The context of examining Japan’s foreign aid policies highlights the fluctuation between its commitments in contributing to international development and its more narrow-minded pursuit of its national interests. The contributors examine Japan’s foreign aid policy within the theme of a globalized economy in which Japan and Africa are inextricably connected. Japan and many African countries have come to realize that both sides can obtain benefits through closely coordinated aid policies. Moreover, Japan sees itself to represent a distinct voice in the international donor community while Africa needs foreign aid from all sources.

Copyright:

2010

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ISBN-13:

9781136951404

Related ISBNs:

9780203848876, 9780415562171, 9780415562171, 9780415691420, 9780415691420

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/23/20

Copyrighted By:

Editorial selection and matter, Howard P.Lehman. Individual chapters

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Howard P. Lehman