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Title: | The discourse on Japanese commitment to Africa: the planning process of the fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) |
Author: | Yamada, Shoko |
Year: | 2011 |
Periodical: | Journal of Contemporary African Studies (ISSN 0258-9001) |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 315-330 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Africa Japan |
Subjects: | development cooperation foreign policy conferences 2008 |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589001.2011.581483 |
Abstract: | The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was held for the fourth time in 2008. Although the Japanese government has hosted TICAD since 1993, public interest was highest around TICAD IV. It attracted attention not only from aid, diplomatic, trade and research communities but also among the general public. Due to geographic distance and limited historical connection, it has always been debated as to whether Japan should increase its commitment to Africa. The different interest groups that participated throughout the TICAD process have always had varying answers to this question. Through analysis of newspapers, journal articles and various documents published between early 2007 and June 2008, and on the basis of interviews with people involved in TICAD IV, this article analyses the process of TICAD's policymaking and its outcomes, including the Yokohama Action Plan. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |