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Does Official Development Assistance Promote Foreign Policy Cooperation from its Recipients? The Case of South Korea
Author(s) -
Jung Changkuk,
Cho Wonbin,
Hwang Wonjae
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pacific focus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1976-5118
pISSN - 1225-4657
DOI - 10.1111/pafo.12106
Subject(s) - human rights , political science , foreign policy , general assembly , economic growth , international trade , development economics , south asia , business , economics , law , sociology , politics , ethnology
This paper examines whether South Korea's official development assistance (ODA) has promoted foreign policy cooperation from its recipients. To this end, vote congruence between South Korea and its ODA recipients over important issues in the UN General Assembly is analyzed. The results show that, as the size of South Korea's ODA increases, its recipients are likely to vote alongside South Korea on issues important to South Korea, such as nuclear issues, human rights, and resolutions on human rights abuses in North Korea, in the UN General Assembly.