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Discourse of local ownership in development: rhapsodies about 'self-help' in Japan's economic assistance to Africa / Ampiah, Kweku

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2012.

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This article explores Japan's initiatives toward the development discourse on Africa through the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), and specifically in regards to a concept that is increasingly becoming a core tenet of the TICAD, the 'national ownership' of development. The article examines the literature on development ownership before concentrating more specifically on the Japanese responses to the discourse. The analysis explores Japan's emphasis on the principle of self-help in national development and suggests that the conflation of self-help and ownership in the Japanese discourse of development needs to be disentangled for clarity as the two concepts are not the same. Generally the article endeavours to bring into perspective Japan's attempts to stitch itself more forcefully into the fabric of the discourse on African development with the objective of contributing a more nuanced approach to the global initiative to finding a solution to Africa's development problematic. It is suggested that in doing so Japan is transposing its understanding of development, along with its belief in the state-centric approach to economic growth onto Africa. How the African policymakers have responded to the concept of 'ownership' in the context of TICAD is also assessed.

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Japan ; Africa ; TICAD ; Tokyo International Conference on African Development ; National Ownership ; Japan's Economic Assistance

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ID: 098440

Japan and commonwealth Africa / Ampiah, Kweku

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2010.

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This article examines Japan's relations with the African countries from a post-World War II perspective and identifies an Anglo-Japanese initiative in the early 1960s to collaborate about matters relating to Africa's socio-economic development. The analysis pertains essentially to the Commonwealth African countries and further shows that apart from attempts to expand its exports to these countries, Japan's initiatives towards Africa until the 1990 left no landmarks that call for celebration, not least because Tokyo's foreign policy towards Africa was saddled with immobilist tendencies. The advent of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development since 1993 has, however, brought some dynamism to how Japan attends to issues relating to Africa's economic development. The article outlines recent events that demonstrate the dramatic transformation in Japanese foreign policy towards the Commonwealth African countries.

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Investment ; Trade ; Japan ; Africa ; South - South Cooperation ; Tokyo International Conference on African Development ;
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ID: 061135

Japan and the development of Africa: a preliminary evaluation conference on African development / Ampiah, Kweku

Jan 2005

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Jan 2005.

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Development ; Japan ; Africa ; Japan-International Relations-Africa

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