International Development Cooperation

This book studies the theory, practice and evaluation methods of international development cooperation, aid and assistance management in detail from a global perspective. It attempts to answer the following questions: How effective are the current Western aid methods? How should China optimize current international development cooperation? How to effectively design an aid management system in the international community? How to assess the effectiveness of aid?

The book contributes to studies in international development cooperation. The theoretical part analyzes the main concepts, viewpoints, theories, and disputes in current international development cooperation, primarily focusing on the differences in concepts between traditional development donors and emerging donors represented by China. The practical part studies the roles and importance of different subjects in international development assistance. This part also explores the impact of different aid management institutions on international development cooperation. The evaluation part reviews the current mainstream methods of international development assessment and uses non-experimental methods of impact evaluation and randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Contents:

• Theory of International Development Cooperation:

  • Definition of International Development Assistance:

  • Introduction

    Latest Developments in International Development Assistance

  • Research on the Effectiveness of International Development Assistance:

    • Literature Review of Aid Effectiveness
    • Aid Ownership and Global Governance

  • International Development Cooperation Models and China's Experience:

    • A Comparative Study of Aid Models: Japan vs Europe and America
    • China's Experience: SouthSouth Cooperation

• Practice of International Development Cooperation:

  • Introduction to the Management Systems of International Development Cooperation:

    • The Concept of Aid Management System
    • Research on Aid Management System and Aid Effectiveness

  • Participants in International Development Cooperation:

    • Governments or International Development Agencies: Latest Developments
    • Non-Governmental International Development Organizations: A Perspective of Government Funding
    • Multilateral Development Banks: A Comparative Perspective
    • International Cooperative Governance: A Global Governance Perspective Cooperation between G20 and DWG

  • A Comparison of the Aid Management Systems of Traditional Donor Countries:

    • The United States' Aid Management System
    • Japan's Aid Management System
    • The United Kingdom's Aid Management System
    • France's Aid Management System

  • A Comparison of the Aid Management Systems of Emerging Donor Countries:

    • Introduction to the Aid Management Systems of Emerging Donor Countries
    • India's Aid Management System
    • Brazil's Aid Management System
    • South Africa's Aid Management System
    • A Comparison of Aid Management Systems between China and Other Emerging Donor Countries
    • China's Aid Management System: A Path-Dependence Perspective

• Evaluation of International Development Projects:

  • Introduction to Evaluation of International Development Projects:

    • Introduction
    • Basic Categories of Evaluation of International Development
    • Impact Evaluation and Its Importance

  • Methods of Impact