| ID | 144256 |
| Title Proper | Overseas development aid as spatial fix? examining South Korea’s Africa policy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gray, Kevin ; kim, Soyeun |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 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. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol. 37, No.4; Apr 2016: p.649-664 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quarterly Vol: 37 No 4 |
| Key Words | Global South ; Aid and Capital Flows ; Investment Flows ; BRICS and Rising Powers |