Challenges of Saemaul ODA in African region: A Comparative Perspective with Rwandan villages

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· 발행기관 : 한국지방정부학회
· 수록지 정보 : 지방정부연구 / 18권 / 2호 / 237 ~ 257페이지
· 저자명 : 이은진, 이시철

초록

As Korea’s Saemaul Undong has been recognized as a world-renown community development model to eradicate absolute poverty, many less developed countries intend to initiate Saemaul ODA projects.
Existing studies have shown that before exporting Saemaul Undong it is crucial to create “their” model that fits the preexisting conditions in the recipient countries, instead of insisting on “our” framework established by Korea. That said, this research purports to discuss whether Saemaul ODA projects can work in African setting, and, from the discussion, help establish a transferable international development cooperation model by examining and analyzing Saemaul ODA programs in Rwanda. This study is created by analyzing secondary data and conducting semi-structured interviews based on political, economic, socioeconomic and spatial contexts of the two countries. Preliminary results show that the two nations share similarities in term of their political, economic and spatial elements. However, three sub-variables of the social setting are dissimilar, which might result in different outcomes. Through a comparative process, this research attempts to contribute to the assessment at least in part, of the effectiveness of Korea’s ODA projects. Additionally, we aim to help establish an alternative model for Rwanda and possibly in many other African countries.

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