Aid Relationships in Asia A Study of Japanese and Nordic Aid in Asia

, by Jerve, Alf Morten; Shimomura, Yasatami; Hansen, Annette Skovsted

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ISBN: 9780230004955 | 0230004954
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/15/2008

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This book brings fresh perspectives into the debate on aid effectiveness and aid relationships. Asia provides a varied picture with its combination of rapidly developing countries where aid plays a less central role such as China, Vietnam, and Thailand as well as more aid dependent countries such as Nepal, Sri Lanka and Mongolia.

List of Tables and Figures	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Notes on Contributors	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
The Concept of Ownership in the Aid Debate
Introduction: Conceptualising Ownership in Aid Relations	p. 3
Why this book?	p. 3
Opening the black box - the aid relationship	p. 5
'Ownership' - by whom?	p. 10
'Ownership' - the Japanese discourse	p. 14
Japanese and Nordic assistance compared	p. 16
Conclusion	p. 19
Donor-Recipient Relationships in the Aid Effectiveness Debate	p. 22
Introduction	p. 22
The selectivity approach to aid allocation as ex-post policy conditionality	p. 24
Evaluating donor-recipient relationships under the new aid architecture	p. 30
Concluding remarks	p. 34
Ownership of What?: Beyond National Poverty Strategies and Aid Harmonisation in the Case of Vietnam	p. 41
Introduction	p. 41
Japanese views on ownership - what is true ownership as aspired to by recipient countries?	p. 42
The context of Vietnam's aid and development	p. 48
Donor management: selectivity and diversity in dealing with donors	p. 49
Policy design and implementation - need for greater coherency in policy and institutions	p. 54
Future challenges and implications for the role of donors in Vietnam	p. 59
Aid Relations Where Aid Dominates
Laos: Contestation of National Ownership - the Role of Aid Relations and the Case of the Electricity Sector	p. 65
Introduction	p. 65
The external dependency of Laos	p. 66
Defying conventional notions of the state	p. 71
Exercising national ownership while in a squeeze - the case of the hydropower sector	p. 75
Concluding remarks	p. 80
Sri Lanka: Exploring 'Ownership' of Aid-Funded Projects: a Comparative Study of Japanese, Norwegian and Swedish Project Aid	p. 83
A project approach to the study of ownership in aid relationships	p. 83
Dental Faculty of the University of Peradeniya - funded by JICA	p. 86
Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Colombo - funded by Sida	p. 92
Moneragala District Integrated Rural Development Programme - funded by Norad	p. 99
Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project in Walawe Left Bank Area - financed by JBIC	p. 106
Conclusions	p. 111
Mongolia: Unpredictable Ownership - Comparing a Japanese and a Swedish Funded Project	p. 116
Introduction	p. 116
Mongolia as an aid recipient	p. 117
Japan and Sweden as donors in Mongolia	p. 120
The Japanese project case: the Mongol-Japan Centre	p. 123
The Swedish project case: the good governance in a democratic Mongolia project	p. 126
Conclusions	p. 130
Nepal and Its Donors - Partners in Learning To Cope	p. 133
Introduction	p. 133
Donor responses to political turmoil	p. 134
Aid relationships at the operational level: hydropower and education	p. 142
Conclusions	p. 148
Aid Relations Where Aid Is Marginal
China: How Size Matters - a Comparative Study of Ownership in Japanese and Swedish Aid Projects	p. 153
Introduction	p. 153
China as an aid recipient: exercising strong ownership	p. 154
Dealing with its biggest donor - Japan	p. 157
At the implementation level: the Sino-Japan Friendship Centre - a grant aid and technical cooperation project	p. 162
Dealing with a small donor - Sweden	p. 163
Conclusion	p. 168
Thailand: Legitimacy and Aid Recipient Ownership - the Case of the Export Promotion Strategy	p. 173
Introduction	p. 173
A need to transform the structure of exports	p. 174
External assistance to Thailand between 1975 and 1990	p. 176
Developing 'hardware' for export promotion: the case of the Eastern Seaboard Development Plan	p. 179
Developing 'software' for export promotion: the case of the first White Paper on Thai-Japanese economic relations	p. 185
Conclusion and policy implications	p. 189
Vietnam: the Making of Recipient Ownership and Responses to Swedish and Japanese Aid	p. 191
Introduction	p. 191
Ownership: learning from historical experiences of dependency	p. 192
Building recipient ownership: the central role of MPI	p. 194
Diversity among donors: the cases of Sweden and Japan	p. 198
Exercising ownership: playing on comparative advantages	p. 202
Conclusions	p. 205
Thailand: What Makes Recipient Ownership?: a Comparative Study of Japanese and Danish Aid to Environmental Conservation	p. 209
Introduction	p. 209
The REX Project funded by Japan	p. 211
The Bangrong Project funded by Denmark	p. 215
The EmSong Project funded by Denmark	p. 217
Conclusion: exploring the link between partnership and ownership	p. 220
Index	p. 224
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