by Sven Grimm (CCS) and Christine Hackenesch (DIE)

Cooperation between emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil and other developing countries is one of the main items for discussion on the Busan agenda.…

The Chinese government published a white paper on its aid policy on 21 April. The white paper provides some definitions of Chinese aid modalities and gives overall figures of how much is spent, on which continent, in which sector and according to income group of partner countries. In the style similar to Western White Papers, it also showcases some examples. This is positive. Yet, the paper hardly offers reasons for government’s policy choices, and unfortunately, the unique selling point of…