This paper explores the influence of Japan and the United States over the geographic
distribution of Asian Development Bank funds. Estimation using panel data for less …

South Korea, the newest member to join the OECD's Development Assistance Committee,
has signaled that it will become a major donor of official development assistance (ODA) …

Through case studies and empirical analysis, scholars have uncovered convincing evidence
that individual donors influence lending decisions of international financial institutions (IFIs) …

Abstract The United States has made repeated public commitments to provide humanitarian
aid based on need alone. However, some scholars suggest that US self-interest is a …

Nearly 30 years have passed since the government of Japan unveiled its first Official
Development Assistance Charter. Although it sets forth fundamental guidelines for the …

The global Covid‐19 pandemic has strongly impacted social practices, relocating
communications and social networks into the digital space. Contextualized in such impact of …

ABSTRACT Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA), one of the country's most
important foreign policy instruments, was until recently regarded as a prime example of a …

This edited volume puts forth a theoretically and empirically rigorous analysis of Japanese
foreign policy. Nine case studies on Japan's security, economic, and environmental policies …

The leadership of powerful states in processes of regional institutionalization is a significant,
though still widely ignored topic in the field of International Relations (IR). This study asks …

This chapter argues that Bangladesh's strategic importance is on the rise in an age that has
seen the return of geopolitics. Political relations between the two countries have been …