This book examines the evolution of foreign aid policy in Japan and South Korea, analyzing policy rationales, institutional developments and policy choices. The book searches for new strategies of international development cooperation in an uncertain world. The book compares two countries’ policies in a unique way: pairs of Japanese and Korean scholars examine same policy themes in separate chapters, contrasting differences and similarities. This book will be of great value to scholars of international development cooperation, public policy and East Asian politics.

Huck-ju Kwon is a Professor at Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University and a Fulbright-Democracy Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is the former President of the Korean Association of International Development and Cooperation (KAIDEC).

Tatsufumi Yamagata is a Professor at the College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. He is a former President of the Japan Society for International Development (JASID).

Eunju Kim is an Assistant Professor at College of Social Sciences, Hansung University, Seoul, Korea.

Hisahiro Kondoh is a Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Saitama University, Japan