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Bridging Troubled Worlds? An Analysis Of The Ethical Case For South Korean Aid

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This article critically assesses an ethical case of emerging donors via a case study of South Korea's official development assistance. In so doing, the article sets out two tasks: (i) overcoming the hitherto reductionist reading of emerging donors that uses the established normative framework as a reference point and (ii) addressing a relatively understudied topic of emerging donors within the mainstream aid–ethics debates. To attend to these analytical gaps, the article focuses on two things. First, the case study is discussed within Korea's own historical and institutional context to highlight the latter's significant influence on the way its ethical case for aid provision is presented. Second, this study focuses on the tensions between the stated ethical rhetoric and reality. This study finds that the ethical case is not only an important rationale for Korea's donorship but also strategic for its efforts to achieve the comparative advantage in the increasingly competitive international aid market to advance its national interests. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Soyeun Kim, 2011. "Bridging Troubled Worlds? An Analysis Of The Ethical Case For South Korean Aid," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(6), pages 802-822, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:23:y:2011:i:6:p:802-822
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    1. 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.
    2. Sung-Mi Kim, 2017. "International Perceptions of South Korea as Development Partner: Attractions and Strategic Implications," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(5), pages 1086-1101, November.
    3. Jisun Yi, 2015. "A New Institutionalist Analysis on Emerging Donorship: Explaining the Rise of the Knowledge Dimension in the South Korean Aid Regime," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2015-055, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    4. Jisun Yi, 2015. "Lessons for Japanese foreign aid from research on aid's impact," WIDER Working Paper Series 055, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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