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This book explores the changing face of development assistance. China's One Belt, One Road development program is the largest international investment scheme in history, surpassing the Marshall Plan by an order of magnitude. In 2017, a group of top scholars from Fudan, the London School of Economics, and other institutions like the Institute of Development Studies, Australian National University, and World Bank gathered to share findings and ideas about the nature of New Development Assistance. A compilation of their findings, this book will be of interest to NGOs, policymakers, and academics.
List of contents
1. New Development Assistance in the Making: An Introduction.- 2. The Western Way of Development: A Critical Review.- 3. The Emergence of New Development Assistance: Conceptual and Operational Frameworks.- 4. The Aid Management System in BRICS Countries.- 5. Two Approaches to Institutionalizing the New Development Assistance: A Comparative Analysis of the Operational Institutions of NDB and AIIB.- 6. Is Development Assistance Getting Better Due to the Widening Role of Emerging Economies?.- 7. International Development Assistance: A Case Study of Brazil.- 8. Russia's Contribution to International Development Assistance.- 9. India as an Emerging Donor: Political and Economic Determinants.- 10. Chinese Foreign Aid and Financing: An Example of New Development Assistance?.- 11. South African Development Assistance in Africa.
About the author
Yijia Jing is Seaker Chan Chair Professor of Public Management and Associate Dean at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University. He is editor-in-chief of Fudan Public Administration Review, associate editor of Public Administration Review, and co-editor of International Public Management Journal. He is the founding co-editor of the Palgrave Macmillan book series, Governing China in the 21 Century. He serves as a Vice- President of International Research Society for Public Management.
Alvaro Mendez is co-director of the Global South Unit and a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics. He was formerly editor of Millennium—Journal of International Studies at the London School of Economics. His recent publications include: Colombian Agency and the Making of US Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2017); Global Governance in Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press, 2017 ); The China-Latin America Axis: Emerging Markets and their Role in an Increasingly Globalised World.
Yu Zheng is a Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA), Fudan University. He is the author of Governance and Foreign Investment in China, India, and Taiwan: Credibility, Flexibility, and International Business. He is an Associate-in-Research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University.
Summary
This book explores the changing face of development assistance. China's One Belt, One Road development program is the largest international investment scheme in history, surpassing the Marshall Plan by an order of magnitude. In 2017, a group of top scholars from Fudan, the London School of Economics, and other institutions like the Institute of Development Studies, Australian National University, and World Bank gathered to share findings and ideas about the nature of New Development Assistance. A compilation of their findings, this book will be of interest to NGOs, policymakers, and academics.
