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Overseas development aid as spatial fix? Examining South Korea’s Africa policy

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  • Soyeun Kim
  • Kevin Gray

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This paper examines the extent to which South Korea’s developmental aid programme to Africa can be understood as a form of ‘aid as imperialism’. We argue against the depiction of a crude determinism between the ‘interests of capital’ and the international activism of the South Korean state through aid provision. Drawing on Harvey’s theory of the new imperialism, we argue that, while the structural transformations in the South Korean political economy explain Seoul’s ODA programme at a general level, it is strongly influenced by geopolitical objectives which often undermine South Korea’s ability to pursue distinctly mercantile aims.

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  • Soyeun Kim & Kevin Gray, 2016. "Overseas development aid as spatial fix? Examining South Korea’s Africa policy," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(4), pages 649-664, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:37:y:2016:i:4:p:649-664
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1108162
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    1. Jamie Doucette, 2020. "Anxieties of an emerging donor: The Korean development experience and the politics of international development cooperation," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 38(4), pages 656-673, June.
    2. Kadir Aden & Sadik Aden Dirir, 2023. "Evaluating The Ad-Hoc Impact Of Fiscal Policy And Governance Quality In Attracting The Official Development Assistance: A Testimonial From East African Countries," Green, Blue & Digital Economy Journal, Publishing house "Baltija Publishing", vol. 4(1).
    3. Kadir Aden & Sadik Aden Dirir, 2023. "Evaluating The Ad-Hoc Impact Of Fiscal Policy And Governance Quality In Attracting The Official Development Assistance: A Testimonial From East African Countries," Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, Publishing house "Baltija Publishing", vol. 4(1).
    4. Jorn Koelemaij, 2022. "The world’s number 1 real estate development exporter? Assessing announced transnational projects from the United Arab Emirates between 2003–2014," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 54(2), pages 226-246, March.
    5. Soyeun Kim & Muyun Wang & Jin Sato, 2023. "Development Knowledge in the Making: The Case of Japan, South Korea and China," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 23(3), pages 275-293, July.
    6. Soyeun Kim & Yeji Yoo, 2019. "Fuelling Development? The Rise of New Development Finance in Korea’s Overseas Energy Cooperation with Southeast Asia," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 31(5), pages 1470-1489, December.

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