Abstract
ABSTRACT China is emerging as a key state actor in international development – a sector that has been dominated by the United States for decades. US and Chinese foreign aid programs can be compared on the basis of several benchmarks: 1) official state definition and accounting of foreign aid programs; 2) historical foundations and origins; 3) sectoral distribution, particularly in terms of the professed goals and objectives of the aid program; 4) nature of targeted recipient actors; 5) institutional mechanisms for delivery in recipient countries. Notwithstanding particular differences, Chinese and US foreign aid portfolios demonstrate their respective strategic political and economic interests in two ways: they shape the domestic politics of recipient countries in ways that accommodate the donor government’s policy preferences, and they enhance the social reputation and legitimacy of the donor state in the international system.
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Italian Journal of International AffairsTo cite this article: Salvador Santino F
There has been a spectacular transformation in the global politics of foreign aid as China has, in a few decades, moved from being a recipient of aid to being one of the largest donor states in international development
Focusing on general descriptive features, we compare Chinese and US foreign aid programs based on the following criteria: 1) the official state definition and accounting of foreign aid programs; 2) the historical foundations and origins; 3) sectoral distribution, in terms of the professed goals and objectives of the aid program; 4) the nature of targeted recipient actors; 5) and the various institutional mechanisms for delivery in recipient countries
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To cite this article: Salvador Santino F.
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