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"‘As a student of international relations and a former diplomat, Zhang brings the insights of a practitioner and the eye of scholar to explain why Chinese actors choose to engage in aid cooperation with traditional donors in the Asia-Pacific. This book is among the first to take a holistic approach to understanding the motivations of the many agencies involved in China’s aid program, and it will challenge the expectations of many readers.’—Dr Graeme Smith, The Australian National University‘This book breaks new ground by examining a little-known dimension of China’s foreign policy: trilateral aid cooperation. Denghua Zhang sets this highly original analysis in the context of the new assertiveness of Chinese foreign policy under Xi Jinping, the China International Development Cooperation Agency established in 2018, and the Belt and Road Initiative, which now serves as the framework for Chinese overseas aid and engagement. At a time when the debate in the West about the rise of China has intensified, not always knowledgeably, this book fills an important gap in our understanding of China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.’—Dr Stewart Firth, The Australian National University‘This thoroughly researched work examines trilateral cooperation as a new and interesting aspect of China’s growing international aid program, and as a window into the changing nature of that program as well as the wider foreign policy in which it is embedded. The broad themes and topics discussed are clearly significant, ultimately touching on one of the most important international issues of our time, the implications of the rise of China for a long-established Western-dominated international system.’—Prof. Terence Smith-Wesley, University of Hawai‘i"

China --- Politics and government. --- Australasian & Pacific history --- Development economics & emerging economies --- International relations --- international aid --- Pacific --- trilateral aid --- international relations --- Chinese foreign policy

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Human rights --- Economic history. --- Economic policy. --- Human rights. --- DEVELOPMENT. --- AFRICA. --- NEWSLETTERS. --- Since 1960 --- Africa --- Africa --- Africa. --- Economic conditions --- Economic policy --- Africa --- International aid --- Economic conditions --- Periodicals --- Overseas item

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The social sector is undergoing a major transformation. We are witnessing an explosion in efforts to deliver social change, a burgeoning impact investing industry, and an unprecedented intergenerational transfer of wealth. Yet we live in a world of rapidly rising inequality, where social sector services are unable to keep up with societal need, and governments are stretched beyond their means. Alnoor Ebrahim addresses one of the fundamental dilemmas facing leaders as they navigate this uncertain terrain: performance measurement. How can they track performance towards worthy goals such as reducing poverty, improving public health, or advancing human rights? What results can they reasonably measure and legitimately take credit for? This book tackles three core challenges of performance faced by social enterprises and nonprofit organizations alike: what to measure, what kinds of performance systems to build, and how to align multiple demands for accountability. It lays out four different types of strategies for managers to consider—niche, integrated, emergent, and ecosystem—and details the types of performance measurement and accountability systems best suited to each. Finally, this book examines the roles of funders such as impact investors, philanthropic foundations, and international aid agencies, laying out how they can best enable meaningful performance measurement.

Nonprofit organizations --- Organizational effectiveness --- Social change --- Social entrepreneurship --- Evaluation. --- Measurement. --- accountability. --- contingency theory. --- impact investing. --- international aid. --- nonprofit organization. --- organizational design. --- performance measurement. --- philanthropy. --- social enterprise. --- strategy.

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Aide economique américaine --- Aide économique japonaise --- Economic assistance [American ] --- Economic assistance [Japanese ] --- Economische hulpverlening [Amerikaanse ] --- Economische hulpverlening [Japanse ] --- Economic assistance, American --- Economic assistance, Japanese --- J4540 --- J4215 --- J4301 --- Japanese economic assistance --- American economic assistance --- Mutual security program, 1951 --- -Japan: Economy and industry -- commerce and trade -- international trade, economic relations and policy --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social policy and pathology -- international organizations (international aid given and received) --- Japan: Economy and industry -- policy, legislation, guidelines, codes of behavior --- Economic assistance, American. --- Economic assistance, Japanese. --- Japan: Economy and industry -- commerce and trade -- international trade, economic relations and policy --- -Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social policy and pathology -- international organizations (international aid given and received) --- -Japanese economic assistance

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The authors assess the effect of economic instability on the success of projects funded by the World Bank using the outcome of the projects, which is a notation of their overall success determined by the Bank's Independent Evaluation Group. It has been argued in macroeconomic studies that aid effectiveness is higher in vulnerable countries because it dampens the negative effects of shocks. The authors show that this finding is not inconsistent with the observation that the success of the projects is lower in an unstable environment. Instability, in particular the instability of exports, harms aid projects as it harms the rest of the economy, while the success of projects decreases when the total amount of aid received increases, due to absorptive capacity limitations. But this decrease is slower when instability is higher, showing a positive effect of aid through its stabilizing impact. The authors find the same results keeping only the projects funded by nonconcessionary loans, which suggests that the cushioning effect of aid extends not only to aid funded projects but to whole sets of projects. Corroborating macroeconomic findings, their results lead to the same conclusion that more aid should be allocated to more vulnerable countries, in spite of the lower success of the projects in an unstable environment: project evaluations cannot include the macrostabilizing effect of the aid delivered through projects.

Aid --- Aid Allocation --- Aid Flows --- Banks and Banking Reform --- Development --- Development Assistance --- Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness --- Development Issues --- Development Objectives --- Development Projects --- Development Research --- Economic Development --- Economic Growth --- Economic Instability --- Exports --- Inflation --- International Aid --- International Development --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Needs --- Priorities --- Projects --- Sustainability