Determinants of Japanese aid allocation: an econometric analysis
Determinants of Japanese aid allocation: an econometric analysis
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2004-06
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N. S. Cooray
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N. S. Cooray
经济自身利益以及政治战略和人道主义关切促使捐助国制定发展援助政策。大量文献指出，在许多捐助者的对外援助项目的早期阶段，无论是经济私利还是政治私利都发挥了关键作用。目前，几乎所有捐助者在解释其援助动机时都将人道主义援助纳入其中。我们研究了日本援助分配政策随时间的变化，并根据经验确定了援助分配的主要决定因素。经验表明，日本在分配援助时既考虑了国家利益，也考虑了受援国的需求。鉴于日本高度重视国家经济和安全利益，亚洲在日本援助中的偏见可能会继续存在。从历史趋势来看，我们可以得出这样的结论：尽管人们越来越呼吁向贫困地区提供更多援助，但至少在未来几年内，同样的决定因素可能会继续在援助分配决策中发挥至关重要的作用。
Economic self-interest and politico-strategic and humanitarian concerns motivate donor countries in their development assistance policies. A large amount of literature has pointed out that either economic self-interest or political self-interest played a pivotal role in the early phases of foreign aid programmes of many donors. Currently, almost all donors include humanitarian assistance in explaining their aid motives. We investigate how Japanese aid allocation policies have changed over the time and also identify empirically the major determinants of aid allocation. It is found from the empirical evidence that Japan takes national interest as well as recipient country needs into account in allocating their aid. The nature of Asian biasness in Japanese aid may continue given the high emphasis on national economic and security interests. Given the historical trend one can conclude that the same determinant factors may keep on playing vital roles in aid allocation decision-making at least for some years to come even though there has been an increased call for more assistance to poor regions.