RIAC, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #78 / 2022
RIAC, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #78 / 2022
The eighth annual report by the Russian International Affairs Council, the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of International Studies at Fudan...
USAID Activities Today
In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, amid tense confrontation between the “free world” and “communism,” the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was established on President John F. Kennedy’s initiative as the chief government agency for rendering assistance, chiefly economic one, in the first place to developing countries.
The main purpose of the new organization ...
Very similar starting points despite today’s differences
Today, South Korea’s GDP per capita is more than 11 times higher than Pakistan’s. And the difference in human development is even stronger, as South Korea has extremely good scores for example in life expectancy and education and Pakistan’s scores are even low for its income level. Nonetheless, until the middle of the 20th century both countries had a very similar industrial, economical and human development.[1] Moreover...
The meaning of expressions like foreign assistance/ aid or international development cooperation is very broad and not always clearly defined. In general they include different financial and technical transfers from rich to poor countries. These transfers are a rather new phenomenon in international relations ...
