mechanisms that are said to activate the democracy-good health link: (1) political competition; (2) civil society activism; and …

Foreign aid, especially official development assistance (ODA), has received increasing criticism in past decades. In … cases, it seems that there is no discernable effect or even a negative effect of ODA on economic development. One reason for … should concentrate more on creating better institutions. In the past 20 years, democracy promotion has become a pillar of …

countries. Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by Japan since 1990 has been more closely correlated with the growth … regional perspective, some major donors including Japan have been as selective in delivering their aid as some countries well …-known for their selective aid delivery, such as Denmark. Japan has provided higher aid for the countries with better policy and …

The history of Japan’s official development assistance can be divided into four distinct periods in which objectives … have diversified and institutional arrangements have evolved. However, these objectives ranging, from Japan’s own economic … development, poverty reduction, the promotion of democracy and a market economy, to the solution of global issues such as …

vision, most noticeably in Asia, and has broadened the definition of its security interests. As a result, India-Japan … global partnership between them.India and Japan share a special relationship as fellow democracies without hegemonic … and future economic and population dynamics in both the countries mean that India-Japan relations will continue to improve …

vision, most noticeably in Asia, and has broadened the definition of its security interests. As a result, India-Japan … two countries. India and Japan share a special relationship as fellow democracies without hegemonic interests and with a … population dynamics in both the countries mean that India-Japan relations will continue to improve not just politically but also …

relationship between the two countries. When the military seized power in a coup, Japan was believed to be the only country that …Independent Myanmar and Japan had long held the strongest ties among Asian countries, and they were often known as … the opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi. In reality, Japan failed to exert such an influence due to its sour …

Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) programme, the world’s second largest, is best known for its funding …

(post-)Foucaultian thinking. We argue that Foucault and his very concepts of discourse and power provide a perspective on … argumentieren, dass Foucault, insbesondere seine Konzepte von Diskurs und Macht, eine Perspektive auf soziale Bewegungen und Protest …