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    Changes and continuity in Japanese official development assistance : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology at Massey University
    (Massey University, 2005) Carter, Matthew David
    This paper is about Japanese official development assistance (ODA), based on document research and monitoring of media reports in the period between January and October, 2005. It analyses changes in this aspect of Japanese foreign policy since its inception in the 1950's with this analysis then used to predict what further change may be likely to result in the programme in the immediate future. Building on a conflict model of the Japanese state that treats the bureaucracy as a divided but powerful power centre, the paper argues that recent developments in Japanese society have led to a situation where the political wing of government and civil society have come to play a larger part in both the implementation of ODA and, to a lesser extent, the creation of aid policy. It concludes that the individual ministries of the bureaucracy are unlikely to transfer power to these groups without any resistance and that this resistance will hinder efforts to provide more political leadership of, and wider societal input into, the Japanese ODA programme.
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    New Zealand's response to the crises in Africa : a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Massey University, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 1996) Chile, Love Mngohol
    The thesis seeks to explain the motivation for New Zealand's response to the sociopolitical and economic crises in Africa. New Zealand's response is conceptualised to include 'foreign aid' as well as the non-traditional forms of international assistance such as peacekeeping and monitoring, political and moral support on issues such as apartheid. Qualitative research methodology is used to critically examine both the official bilateral response and the response of the non governmental organisations (NGOs). In the context of existing theory, New Zealand's response to the crises in Africa has significant elements of both the functional utility approach (McKinley and Little 1977) and the conventionalist framework (Gordenker 1976). Official policy espouses both, although the balance between the pursuit of foreign policy interests and altruistic response to the crises is difficult to attain. The thesis concludes that while New Zealand's political and moral response was an important factor in the resolution of the crisis of apartheid, the overall official response to the socioeconomic and developmental crises is ineffective. Development partnership between New Zealand NGOs and local NGOs and communities in Africa has been a more effective response to the developmental crises. International development partnership with African countries and communities based on longer term commitment to processes which enhance sustainable socioeconomic progress and social justice is recommended as a strategy for maximising the effectiveness of international response to the crises in Africa.