Rising Powers and Peacebuilding

India’s Role in Afghanistan

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ID23641053
AuthorsShakti Sinha (Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages129-165
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueRising Powers and Peacebuilding (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSpringer International Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-60621-7_7
OpenAlexW2751789850
ISBN9783319606217
LanguageEN
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The gradual economic and political shift towards the Global South, particularly the Indo-Pacific, is also reflected in the increased role of its regional powers in stabilising countries emerging from conflict. Although countries like China and India are accused of using their assistance to take advantage of natural resources, they do not see themselves as donors or exploiters, but as development partners. This chapter uses the case of Afghanistan to examine India’s role in concrete detail to show how it conforms to key traits: no policy conditions, demand-driven and non-interference in the affairs of partner countries. India has been the fifth largest bilateral donor in Afghanistan, and the largest outside the developed countries. This offers a unique opportunity to study the performance of a non-traditional donor in a conflict-affected country.

China · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Natural resource · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration

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