1. Does Japan Use the Asian Development Bank to Conceal Its Mercantilist Foreign Aid policy? Daniel James Watson ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS INAF 100-14

2. -Brief History -Aid Policy -U.S. Influence -Economic vs. Political -Robert Orr -Why 1992? -Japan as top donor -Cold War ending -New ODA Charters -Empirical Evidence -Small Donor Countries -Market Oriented Japan’s Bilateral Aid Policy

3. New ODA Charters 1992 and 2003 Focuses: Environment-Energy Use per GDP Peace- Armed Personnel Democracy- Polity Rich and Poor- Income Share ODA Charters

4. Statistical Findings Significant for Single Variable Better Correlations after 1992 Not Robust

5. Current Economic Needs Waning Power East Asian Financial Crisis Remapping of the Region? – T.J. Pempel Stagnated Growth -Graph 1

6. Stagnated Growth:

7. Japanese Aid-Distributing Policy Several Ministries – Foreign Affairs – Finance – Trade and Industry Lack of clear goal New coordination movements – Japanese International Cooperation Agency Changing Public Opinion – Orr vs. Woods International Influence (Rix)

8. Japan and the ADB Influence –Voting shares –Key position Decreased Funding from Europe/U.S. –Table 1

10. Japan and the ADB - Influence –Voting shares –Key position Decreased Funding from Europe/U.S. –Table 1 Increasing Relative Power of Japan – Ming Wan Empirical Analyses – Pre-1992 insignificance – Post-1992 significance – Robustness

11. The Asian Development Bank’s Policy Same as Japan? Focuses: Environment-Energy Use per GDP Peace- Armed Personnel Democracy- Polity Rich and Poor- Income Share Thus far…Inconclusive

12. Conclusion Japan’s Bilateral Policy – 1992-Charters – Evidence Current Economy and Politics – Motivation to continue – Ability to Change The ADB –Japanese Influence –Non-Responsive to New Japanese Policy Cover-Up?