Overseas development aid as spatial fix? Examining South Korea’s Africa policy

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 649-664

  Kim, Soyeun ^a   Gray, Kevin ^b  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid and capital flows; BRICS and rising powers; Global South; Investment flows

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; CAPITAL FLOW; DEVELOPMENT AID; GEOPOLITICS; IMPERIALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

BRAZIL; CHINA; INDIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84962127833     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1108162     Document Type: Article

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