Just over a decade ago, a new paradigm emerged that challenged the \'conventional\' type of global development assistance by which the Global North vertically supports the Global South.
The recent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the pressing climate change crisis, call for an urgent re-examination of priorities in development cooperation..
The findings in this book highlight the importance of understanding the past, present and future of development strategy in East Asia in the current global context.
While keeping in sight the broader picture unfolding in the global community, the book\'s chapters go further, to discuss foreign aid practices of South Korea, China and Japan separately in their relation to domestic Developmentalist politics.
Author Sanae Ito maps the evolution of East Asian development approaches against the background of the political and economic focus of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This book sets out how East Asian aid donors and their innovative practices are central to this new paradigm.
It became apparent that a shift was taking place - to an approach built upon horizontal relationships between equal partners often seeking mutual benefits from development cooperation.
Just over a decade ago, a new paradigm emerged that challenged the \'conventional\' type of global development assistance by which the Global North vertically supports the Global South
