Trajectories of Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: A Comparative Historical Analysis
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Trajectories of Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid : A Comparative Historical Analysis. / Tonami, Aki; Müller, Anders Riel.
In: Journal of Environment & Development, Vol. 23, No. 2, 06.2014, p. 191-219.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Trajectories of Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid
T2 - A Comparative Historical Analysis
AU - Tonami, Aki
AU - Müller, Anders Riel
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Environmental aid has become a major component of development aid. We analyzed the contingent characters of environmental aid of Japan and South Korea using the definition of Williams, which regards aid policy as donor driven and autobiographical of the donor agencies and societies from which they sprang. Both Japan and South Korea consider environmental aid as an important tool of their diplomacy. A combination of a moral obligation and domestic, international, political, and economic interests underpin both countries’ environmental aid policy. Seen from the stated policies and practices, both countries use accounts of their past as once- developing countries trying to catch up in their aid narrative. In this manner, the environmental aid of Japan and South Korea is autobiographic, reflecting their interpretation of their own development history and position in global politics.
AB - Environmental aid has become a major component of development aid. We analyzed the contingent characters of environmental aid of Japan and South Korea using the definition of Williams, which regards aid policy as donor driven and autobiographical of the donor agencies and societies from which they sprang. Both Japan and South Korea consider environmental aid as an important tool of their diplomacy. A combination of a moral obligation and domestic, international, political, and economic interests underpin both countries’ environmental aid policy. Seen from the stated policies and practices, both countries use accounts of their past as once- developing countries trying to catch up in their aid narrative. In this manner, the environmental aid of Japan and South Korea is autobiographic, reflecting their interpretation of their own development history and position in global politics.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - environmental aid
KW - East Asia
KW - Japan
KW - South Korea
KW - policy analysis
KW - aid as autobiography
U2 - 10.1177/1070496513510518
DO - 10.1177/1070496513510518
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 191
EP - 219
JO - Journal of Environment and Development
JF - Journal of Environment and Development
SN - 1070-4965
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 95461903