Speaker
Nisha Biswal, Assistant Administrator for Asia, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Deborah Brautigam, Professor, American University School of International Service; Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Presider
Evan A. Feigenbaum, Adjunct Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
For decades, with Japan the notable exception, Asian countries were principally recipients of international development assistance. But several emerging Asian powers--including China, India, and South Korea--have now become donors to Africa, Central Asia, and elsewhere. This session of Evan Feigenbaum's "Asia and the World" roundtable series explored some of the ways in which aid from emerging Asian powers will influence assistance norms and practices, as well as the international system.
The roundtable featured two speakers: Nisha Biswal of USAID, whose presentation focused both on India, the Busan Development Forum, and U.S. outreach efforts to various emerging Asian donors; and Professor Deborah Brautigam of American University's School of International Service, whose presentation focused primarily on China but ranged beyond "development assistance" to discuss lending practices and project finance. The discussion touched upon emerging donors' challenges to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) foreign aid model, as well the various tools wielded by emerging donors for development assistance and project finance.