This research programme examines the main dynamics and implications of the emergence of the rising states (specifically China, Russia, India, Brazil, and to a lesser extent, Mexico, South Africa and Indonesia), from a range of political economy and geopolitical perspectives. The focus is on whether and how the ascendence of the rising states affects: 1) Great Power relations; 2) less developed countries of the Global South; and 3) new developments in regionalization and regionalism. In terms of scholarly and policy implications, the programme analyzes whether we are seeing a shift in the global balance of power and creating new vulnerabilities.

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This research programme is organized by Dr. Gregory Chin, Faculty Researcher of the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) and in the Department of Political Science at York University.

His research interests include China's outward global economic expansion, Asian regionalism, rising states and global governance reform, and Chinese foreign policy.

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The Rising Donors Workshop

This project aims to develop comparative understanding of the motivations and intentions of the B(R)ICS as rising donors, and the global implications of their rise.

The Workshop was hosted by YCAR at York University on 20-21 November 2009.

The York Project (policy brief for IDRC on the B(R)ICS as rising donors) and a special issue of a leading academic journal are the products from the workshop.

The Workshop was co-organized by Gregory Chin and Fahimul Quadir.

The authors workshop welcomed academics, policy researchers, policy makers and donors makers from a new rising donors research network consisting of experts from select universities and international organizations. The project is funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation of York University.

 

 

 

Project participants are researching whether and if so how, the rising donors are redefining “what is development” in theory and practice. The rising donors that are covered in this project are Brazil, India, China, South Africa and the Gulf States. The research will generate individual country, comparative and global systemic analyses.

The project has its origins in the research commissioned by IDRC on the B(R)ICS as Emerging Donors project. To see the four published country studies, please visit: www.idrc.ca/en/ev-140964-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html.

 

The Rising Donors Research Network

Manmohan Agarwal, Centre for International Governance  
Sachin Chaturvedi, Research and Information System for the Developing Countries  
Gregory Chin, York University, Network Lead
Andrew F. Cooper, University of Waterloo
Crystal Ennis, University of Waterloo   
Thomas Fues, German Development Institute  
Cristina Y. A. Inoue, University of Brasília
Bessma Momani, University of Waterloo
Ernesto Soria Morales, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  
Fahimul Quadir, York University, Network Lead
Dane Rowlands,  Carleton University   
Michele Ruiters, Development Bank of Southern Africa.
Andrew Schrumm, Centre for International Governance Innovation
Alcides Vaz, University of Brasília
Brendan Vickers, University of Pretoria
Alicia Filipowich, York University, Coordinator

 

Related Publications:
Gregory Chin, "China’s G8 Turn: Complex Interests and Multiple Identity in Global Governance Reform" in Andrew F. Cooper and Agata Antkiewicz (eds.), Emerging Powers in Global Governance: Lessons from the Heiligendamm Process (Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University Press), 2008.

Emerging Donors Study, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) report, 2007.

Gregory Chin and B. Michael Frolic, Emerging Donors in International Development Assistance: The China Case, Chapter 4 of the Emerging Donors Study, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2007.

Related Links
Marcel Fortuna Biato, When emerging markets lead the way (Part VII), The Globalist, 2009.

Brazil as an Emerging Donor: Huge potential and growing pains, World Bank, 2009.

Hanson, Fergus. The Dragon in the Pacific: More Opportunity than Threat. Lowy Institute for International Policy, 2008.

Gregory Chin, China and the G8 Problem or Solution? Dr. Chin blogs from the G8 in Japan, 2008.

Setting the China Question: A Caribbean Challenge, Commonwealth Secretariat, 2008.

 

Related Events:
Rising States, Rising Institutions
Gregory Chin was invited to participate and present at this workshop at Princeton University on 25-27 August 2008.

The event was co-sponsored by Princeton University, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Centre for International Governance Innovation.

"China in Global Governance: Beyond the G8"
Gregory Chin has been invited to participate in the conference, "China in Global Governance: Beyond the G8" in Shanghai, China on 12 July 2008.
The event was co-sponsored by the Center for China and International Organization (Shanghai International Studies University) and the G8 Research Group of University of Toronto.

"The Role of Emerging Donors in Afghanistan: China and India Compared"
Talk by Gregory Chin, The Atlantic Council of Canada's 2008 Spring Conference, 1 May 2008

"China's New Economic Diplomacy"
Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 26-27 April 2008

"Chinese Official Development Assistance: The Philippines Experience in the North Luzon Railways and National Broadband Network Projects"
Talk by Rommel Gavieta, YCAR Research Associate, 11 April 2008

"China as Foreign Aid Donor: Motivations and Global Leadership Capacity"
Food for Thought Lecture by Gregory Chin, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 25 March 2008

"In the Shadow of Great Power-Emerging Power Rivalry: Rising China and the Caribbean Region"
Talk by Gregory Chin, University of the West Indies, 8 February 2008

"China’s Evolving Foreign Aid in Africa: The Case of Tanzania"  
Talk by Maggie Zeng, Gender Equality Advisor in China to the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), 19 September 2007

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