Date and Time: November 30th (Wed.) 16:00-18:00, 2016 Place: Tonan-tei (Room No. 201) on the 2nd floor of Inamori foundation memorial building, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Title: Japan's official development assistance to Myanmar and its characteristics Speaker: Dr Zhao Shulan, CSEAS Guest Scholar from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences Moderator: Caroline Hau, CSEAS, Kyoto University Abstract: International development assistance is derived from and part of international cooperation. International cooperation was initially nurtured in the context of North-South cooperation, and this background helps to explain why it has gradually evolved into a north country-led international aid system. Many of the paradoxes existing [ Read More ]