As Asia has made remarkable progress in economic development and poverty reduction, the global balance of economic power, in which the United States, Japan and Europe have acted as the three major forces, is changing drastically. In light of the new development, this paper discusses what kind of...

The Chinese government, through the China Exim Bank, is pledging billions of dollars worth of concessional lending to the developing world. More information on these lending practices can be gleaned from Chinese language sources than is readily available in English. However, this material is...

This paper provides a preliminary assessment of long- term ODA flows to Indonesia. ODA consists of bilateral and multilateral aid, but this paper focuses specifically on multilateral agencies like the World Bank or the ADB and Japan. The rationale for this approach is that the World Bank and the...

The current development agenda envisages a substantial increase in volumes of development assistance along with changes in other policies which affect developing countries, including trade, debt and migration. Successful and sustainable international development cooperation policies and...

España cierra un ciclo de fuerte expansión de su política pública de ayuda internacional para el desarrollo, e inicia una nueva etapa de crisis y ajuste presupuestario en la que deberá revisar su estrategia de cooperación. En este artículo se describen los hechos estilizados que...

In theory, the WHO is the coordinating agency for global health, and large private and public actors claim the relevance and central role of this UN agency. In practice, paradoxically, the money for health goes largely to other institutions and not to the WHO, or even new institutions or...

Large and persistent gaps in social protection coverage, comprehensiveness and adequacy are linked to many barriers, including high levels of informality, institutional fragmentation of the social protection system and significant financing gaps for social protection in a context of limited...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive disruptions to the global economy and forced policymakers to respond to the newly created challenges. Many policy institutions have therefore had to rethink their established approaches and their usual policy responses.

Purpose The new century has witnessed rapid growth in China's foreign aid. However, there is still yet any consensus about the nature or the consequences of China's foreign aid. In this study, the author reviews the history of China's foreign aid and finds significant changes in China's foreign...