Are Emerging Donors Engaging in Poor Foreign Aid Practices? A Comparison of Traditional Versus Non-Traditional Aid Agencies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liya Palagashvili ◽  
Claudia R. Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Emerging Donors

Domestic Politics and the Motives of Emerging Donors: Evidence from Turkish Foreign Aid

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 614-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerim Can Kavakli
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Detailed Data ◽  
Systematic Data ◽  
Emerging Donors ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Government Change ◽  
Trade Partners

Why do developing countries give foreign aid? Although emerging donors are gaining importance in development finance, lack of systematic data on their aid allocation limits our understanding of their motives. We address this gap using detailed data on a major new donor, Turkey, since 1992. We show that domestic politics has had a large impact on Turkey’s priorities in giving aid. Turkish aid used to be determined by international alignments and coethnicity, but after the Islamic AKP ( Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi) took power, political ties lost importance. Turkey began to give more economic aid to trade partners and more humanitarian aid to Muslim nations. While this new focus on trade ties makes Turkey more similar to traditional donors, the growing role of cultural ties sets Turkey apart. The broader lesson of this study on Turkey is that government change can significantly influence the way emerging donors give aid and these changes can vary in predictable ways across different types of aid.

scholarly journals On becoming a development cooperation partner: Kazakhstan’s foreign policy, identity, and international norms

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-173
Author(s):  
Insebayeva Nafissa
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mutual Benefit ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
Emerging Donors ◽  
Cooperation Partner ◽  
Core Features

This article joins the discussion on foreign aid triggered by the rise of multiplicity of emerging donors in international development. Informed by the constructivist framework of analysis, this article evaluates the philosophy and core features of Kazakhstan’s chosen development aid model and explains the factors that account for the construction of distinct aid patterns of Kazakh donorship. This article asserts that Kazakhstan embraces a hybrid identity as a foreign aid provider through combining features and characteristics pertaining to both—emerging and traditional donors. On one hand, it discursively constructed its identity as a “development cooperation partner,” adopting the relevant discourse of mutual benefit, respect for sovereignty, and non-interference, which places it among those providers that actively associate themselves with the community of “emerging donors.” On the other hand, it selectively complies with policies and practices advocated by traditional donors. This study suggests that a combination of domestic and international factors played an important role in shaping Kazakhstan’s understanding of the aid-giving practices, and subsequently determined its constructed aid modality.

“Emerging Donors” from a Recipient Perspective: An Institutional Analysis of Foreign Aid in Cambodia

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 2091-2104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Sato ◽  
Hiroaki Shiga ◽  
Takaaki Kobayashi ◽  
Hisahiro Kondoh
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Institutional Analysis ◽  
Emerging Donors

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

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-80
Author(s):  
David Dole ◽  
Steven Lewis-Workman ◽  
Dennis D. Trinidad ◽  
Xianbin Yao
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
International Aid ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Aid Effectiveness ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Emerging Donors ◽  
Aid Programs ◽  
Over Time

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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