1st Edition

Japan's Foreign Aid to Africa Angola and Mozambique within the TICAD Process

By Pedro Amakasu Raposo Copyright 2014
256 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was established in 1993 with the intention of creating opportunities for trade and investment on both sides and the promotion of sustainable development. In 2003, the conference translated Japanese aid policy to Africa into three key pillars: human centered development, poverty reduction through economic growth, and the... Read more

Part I: Introduction 1. Japan’s national interest and the significance of TICAD Part II: Approaches to Africa and IR theories 2. Japan’s aid approach to Africa 3. Theoretical perspectives and foreign aid Part III: The TICAD Process 4. Japan’s foreign aid policy and the TICAD 5. Japan’s domestic interests in the TICAD Part IV: Japanese Aid to Africa: Case Studies 6. Japan’s aid to Africa 7. Japan’s aid and peacebuilding role to Angola and Mozambique 8. Conclusion

Biography

Pedro Amakasu Raposo Carvalho is Assistant Professor at Lusiada University, Portugal.

"The publication should be useful not only for the stakeholders involved in the TICAD as a platform for the high-level global policy dialogues, but also for the university students, scholars and researchers, who wish to advance their knowledge-base on the areas of economic diplomacy, foreign policy, global multilateralism, geopolitical economy, development cooperation beyond Japanese studies in today’s higher education world." - Monir Hossain Moni,  Asia Pacific Institute for Global Studies (APIGS), African and Asian Studies 14 (2015) 359-371

"This book successfully captures and analyzes the changing nature of Japan's foreign aid to Africa during and after the Cold War. It pays close attention to the TICAD Process as well as case studies, such as Angola and Mozambique...This book is recommended for all scholars and students of African development studies and Japan's foreign policy studies, and those who are involved in foreign aid policy and practice in Africa." - Takuya Goto, Insight Turkey