Cover; Japan's Foreign Aid to Africa; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables and figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary of abbreviations; Part I Introduction; 1 Japan's national interest and the significance of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD); Part II Approaches to Africa and IR theories; 2 Japan's aid approach to Africa; 3 Theoretical perspectives and foreign aid; Part III The TICAD process; 4 Japan's foreign aid policy and the TICAD process; 5 Japan's domestic interests in the TICAD process
Part IV Japanese aid to Africa: Case studies6 Japan's aid to Africa; 7 Japan's aid and peace building role in Angola and Mozambique; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was established in 1993 with the intention of creating opportunities for trade and investment on both sides and the promotion of sustainable development. In 2003, the conference translated Japanese aid policy to Africa into three key pillars: human centered development, poverty reduction through economic growth, and the consolidation of peace, and since 2005 Africa has on several occasions been the largest recipient of Japanese overseas aid. Tracing Japanese foreign aid to Africa during and after the Cold War, t
