The article studies China＇s development assistance policy during the last decades. It shows the evolution of Chinese approach to providing foreign aid. The analysis is based on White Papers on China＇s Foreign Aid fr...The article studies China＇s development assistance policy during the last decades. It shows the evolution of Chinese approach to providing foreign aid. The analysis is based on White Papers on China＇s Foreign Aid from 2011 and 2014, theoretical studies, and reports on China＇s foreign aid. From the beginning of the 21st century, China has become one of the most important emerging donors. Chinese aid is primarily provided to Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific. Depending on the region, the assistance is directed to large-scale infrastructure projects, energy facilities, or natural resource development activities. The aid is combined with investments and trade arrangements. Generally, China＇s aid programme is driven by economic, diplomatic, and strategic objectives. The rules according to which Chinese assistance is provided to developing countries differ significantly from the rules established by Development Assistance Committee （DAC） members. Aid-receiving countries do not have to fulfil strict development assistance regimes and adopt specific economic policies and targets.展开更多
In today’s fast-changing international humanitarian landscape,non-traditional/new donors are prominent amongst the more diversified group of humanitarian donors operating in the same settings as Development Assistanc...In today’s fast-changing international humanitarian landscape,non-traditional/new donors are prominent amongst the more diversified group of humanitarian donors operating in the same settings as Development Assistance Committee donors.Kuwait was the first‘new donor’in the Gulf region and was recently given the status of an‘International Humanitarian Centre’by the former UN Secretary-General for the role it played in responding to the humanitarian needs of Syria.Yet Kuwaiti humanitarianism remains under-analysed in academic research.This paper aims to provide a more comprehensive understanding of Kuwait’s humanitarian landscape by identifying its humanitarian actors,governing principles,preferred modalities of aid disbursement and by examining Kuwait’s humanitarian strengths,weaknesses and potential.展开更多
文摘The article studies China＇s development assistance policy during the last decades. It shows the evolution of Chinese approach to providing foreign aid. The analysis is based on White Papers on China＇s Foreign Aid from 2011 and 2014, theoretical studies, and reports on China＇s foreign aid. From the beginning of the 21st century, China has become one of the most important emerging donors. Chinese aid is primarily provided to Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific. Depending on the region, the assistance is directed to large-scale infrastructure projects, energy facilities, or natural resource development activities. The aid is combined with investments and trade arrangements. Generally, China＇s aid programme is driven by economic, diplomatic, and strategic objectives. The rules according to which Chinese assistance is provided to developing countries differ significantly from the rules established by Development Assistance Committee （DAC） members. Aid-receiving countries do not have to fulfil strict development assistance regimes and adopt specific economic policies and targets.
文摘In today’s fast-changing international humanitarian landscape,non-traditional/new donors are prominent amongst the more diversified group of humanitarian donors operating in the same settings as Development Assistance Committee donors.Kuwait was the first‘new donor’in the Gulf region and was recently given the status of an‘International Humanitarian Centre’by the former UN Secretary-General for the role it played in responding to the humanitarian needs of Syria.Yet Kuwaiti humanitarianism remains under-analysed in academic research.This paper aims to provide a more comprehensive understanding of Kuwait’s humanitarian landscape by identifying its humanitarian actors,governing principles,preferred modalities of aid disbursement and by examining Kuwait’s humanitarian strengths,weaknesses and potential.
