Indian Politics & Policy Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 2018 | Page 74

Foreign Assistance in India’s Foreign Policy: Political and Economic Determinants
26,071 24,988 32,075 30,335 31,185 25,279 18,903 13,837 11,415 9,907 9,394 5,754 4,243
Latin American
Countries
China 71,527 70,721 72,409 66,123 65,826 75,886 58,928 42,316 41,369 35,396 25,755 17,627 12,714
Russia 7,487 6,170 6,337 6,016 6,527 6,454 5,295 4,545 5,380 3,371 3,312 2,755 1,954
88,770 88,516 98,744 101,704 102,844 111,181 90,658 74,386 81,240 65,220 56,638 47,536 36,253
European
Union
Canada 6,080 6,263 5,953 5,186 4,845 4,997 3,376 3,220 3,814 3,083 2,888 1,942 1,643
United States 64,416 62,101 64,266 61,535 61,388 59,213 45,338 36,465 39,414 39,885 30,602 26,808 20,767
Japan 13,600 14,500 15,509 16,275 18,520 18,501 13,716 10,336 10,793 9,186 7,458 6,542 5,363
World 659,288 643,297 758,385 764,629 791,137 795,283 620,905 467,124 488,991 377,853 312,149 252,256 195,053
Source: RBI—https://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=home accessed on 13 July 2018; and World Integrated Trade Solutions, World Bank
—https://wits.worldbank.org/ accessed on 13 July 2018
try and leverage them through
large global institutions where
its voice is relatively limited?
There has been some cooperation
with DAC donor agencies
which have expressed a desire
to train Afghans and Africans
in India as it is more cost-effective;
this has been welcomed
by DPA. Some DAC agencies
have also expressed interest in
joint project implementation
in third countries. DPA has resisted
this, fearing brand equity
dilution and also wanting to
avoid the terms and conditions
of DAC aid. There has been a
DAC attempt since the Fourth
High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
(Busan, South Korea
meeting) Agenda of November
2011 to launch a global partnership
on aid effectiveness in
which DAC donors have been
trying to envelope new donors
under common norms for project
selection, terms and conditions,
etc., particularly for the
post-millennium development
goals (MDG) (post-2015) development
agenda. India and
China have been resisting this to
avoid DAC conditionalities and
also avoid having the global development
aid burden passed on
to them in part, which would reduce
the flexibility of their own
programs.
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