Beyond Official Development Assistance
Author | : Lu Jiang |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2019-09-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789813295070 |
ISBN-13 | : 9813295074 |
Rating | : 4/5 (074 Downloads) |
Download or read book Beyond Official Development Assistance written by Lu Jiang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates China’s contemporary development cooperation mentality and modality through the case of its agricultural engagement with Africa. It identifies three models, namely traditional agro-aid, innovative agro-aid and agribusiness models, of Chinese current agro-development cooperation with Africa, and unpacks the different models by tracing their historical origins and examining the actual practice based on project-level fieldwork conducted in Mozambique and South Africa. The book provides a preliminary and qualitative evaluation of China’s current agro-development cooperation with Africa, and explains the ‘implementation gaps’ as observed on the ground adopting a public policy approach. It also compares the Chinese way of development cooperation with that of the traditional donors (particularly the OECD-DAC members), and calls for a broadening understanding for international development cooperation that can allow win-win ideology and embrace diversified cooperation forms beyond the official development assistance (ODA).