The Impact to the Foreign Aid toward Thailand

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K20886
• Project/Area Number (Other): 18H05685 (2018)
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund (2019); Single-year Grants (2018)
• Review Section: 0107:Economics, business administration, and related fields
• Research Institution: Bunkyo University
• Principal Investigator: SAKURAI Hiroaki 文教大学, 経営学部, 講師 (40827763)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-08-24 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 国際協力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The effect of the foreign aid, so called Official Development Assistance, is sometimes doubtful from the national people. Sometimes it is discussed in the parliament as the usage of the national tax. It is also still under discussion in the academics. This research is held for the foreign aid toward Thailand from the perspectives of the economic growth and fiscal condition. Results of this research shows that the foreign aid toward Thailand contributes to the economic growth and fiscal condition in a certain extent.

Free Research Field

経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国民や国会でも提起されている「経済協力の有効性」について、現地経済成長や現地政府の財政状態について日本が中心となって援助してきたタイに関して定量的に示すことができたことは成果である。これにより、①これまでの社会資本整備を中心とする手法が現地経済にとって効果的であったこと、②これから経済成長が本格化するミャンマーや現在成長著しいベトナムへの援助も類似の方法で効果があがることが予想されること、を提示することができた。