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International Symposium

Aid as External Economic Policy: Cases of Japan and China

Japan’s aid had 60th anniversary in 2014, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs newly established ‘Development Cooperation Charter’, which proclaims aid policy based on national interest.

International aid and development assistance regime, which was created as one of the vehicles to manage post-WW II world, now faces with challenge from China. China’s policy of ‘South-South cooperation’ advanced to a more global phase exemplified by the establishment of the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank.

Development assistance policy or economic cooperation policy of Japan and China shares some characteristics. To compare both policies based on such similarities will help our mutual understanding and also be useful to upgrade Japan’s aid policy.

Date&time:

February 22, 2016 (Monday) 13:30-17:00 (Registration opens at 13:00)

Venue:

Exhibition Hall, 5th Floor, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
(5th Floor, Ark Mori Building (1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo))

Program:
(tentative)
13:30-13:40
Opening Remarks
Takashi Shiraishi (President, IDE-JETRO)
13:40-14:00
Lecture1：History of Japan’s Aid and its Implication for China
Katsumi Hirano (Executive Vice President, IDE-JETRO)
14:00-14:20
Lecture2：A Brief Introduction to China's Foreign Aid Policy
Xu Hongcai (Director of Economic Research Department of China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE))
14:20-14:40
Lecture3：Aid and Development Finance: Building Friendship or Business?
Deborah Bräutigam (Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS))
14:40-14:55
Break
14:55-16:35
＜Panel Discussion＞
Moderators:
Hiroshi Sato (Chief Senior Researcher, Research Planning Department, IDE-JETRO)
Kick-off Presentation
Shin Kawashima (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
Panelists:
Xu Hongcai, Deborah Bräutigam, Shin Kawashima, Katsumi Hirano
16:35-16:55
Book Talk: Will Africa feed China?
Deborah Bräutigam
16:55-17:00
Closing Remarks
Katsumi Hirano
Languages:

Simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English will be available

Organizer:

IDE-JETRO

Participation fee:

Free

Contact:
External Relations Division, Research Promotion Department, IDE-JETRO
E-mail：sympo-sc E-mail