Regional Organizations and International Politics: Japanese Influence Over the Asian Development Bank and the UN Security Council

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Yew Mao Lim ◽  
James Raymond Vreeland
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Asian Development Bank ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Asian Development ◽  
Un Security Council

Regional Organizations and International Politics: Japanese Influence over the Asian Development Bank and the UN Security Council

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Yew Mao Lim ◽  
James Raymond Vreeland
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
Asian Development Bank ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Asian Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
The Government ◽  
Global Affairs

Do regional hegemons use their power in regional organizations to advance foreign policy objectives? The authors investigate whether Japan leverages its privileged position at the Asian Development Bank (adb) to facilitate project loans for the elected Asian members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a platform from which it seeks to shape global affairs. Analyzing panel data of adb loan disbursements to twenty-four developing member-countries from 1968 to 2009, the authors find that temporary UNSC membership increases adb loans, particularly during the post–1985 period, when Japan asserted greater influence in multilateral organizations. They estimate an average increase of over 30 percent. Because of Japan's checkered history of imperialism, the adb provides a convenient mechanism by which the government can obfuscate favors for politically important countries. Acting through this regional organization enables Japan to reconcile a low-key approach to foreign affairs with the contradictory goal of global activism–leading without appearing unilateralist.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF DEVELOPMENT BANKS ACTIVITIES AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS (ON THE EXAMPLES OF GERMAN, ASIAN AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANKS)

2019 ◽  
pp. 151-157
Author(s):  
S. S. Matveevskii
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Asian Development Bank ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
German Development ◽  
Asian Development ◽  
African Development ◽  
African Development Bank ◽  
Development Banks

The existence of a system for assessing the activities of development banks is a necessary condition for a significant contribution of banks to economic development. The article deals with the experience of evaluating the effectiveness of projects and activities of development banks on the examples of the German development Bank, the Asian development Bank and the African development Bank. It has been revealed, that development banks for the evaluation of projects, their activities apply financial and socio-economic indicators, which are used to improve the work of development banks. The basic requirements for the evaluation of projects and activities of development banks have been formulated. The practical experience of the German development Bank, the Asian development Bank and the African development Bank can be used by Vnesheconombank, which is confirmed by scientific studies of Russian authors.

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