President Trump’s Declarations on Official Development Assistance: A Change of Policy?

Authors

  • Michał Zaremba University of Łódź, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Institute of Economics, Department of Development Economics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1641-4233.23.03

Keywords:

official development assistance, USA, Donald Trump, international political economy

Abstract

For years official development assistance (ODA) has been one of the most important forms of financial assistance provided to developing countries by highly developed countries. Despite the controversy over the effectiveness of assistance, it has become a permanent element of the international aid system. With the election of Donald Trump and one of the key slogans of his campaign – America first – the political climate around official development assistance is changing. The aim of the article is to analyze the role of official development assistance in political declarations of the current president of the United States.

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Author Biography

Michał Zaremba, University of Łódź, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Institute of Economics, Department of Development Economics

Michał Zaremba, MA - assistant at the Department of Development Economics of the University of Lodz. Research interests focus on the development problems of Asian countries, with a special focus on India and China. In his doctoral dissertation, he examines the role of market mechanisms and state tools in India’s economic development since its independence in 1947. Author of many articles and participant of numerous conferences. Member of Polish Economic Association and Polish Association for International Studies.

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2019-07-15

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Zaremba, M. (2019). President Trump’s Declarations on Official Development Assistance: A Change of Policy?. International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal, 23(1), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.18778/1641-4233.23.03

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2019): International Responses to President Trump’s Foreign Policy: The First Two Years

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