Development aid

...developed countries provide assistance to developing countries through various means (such as loans and opening up import markets) so that they can take off and enter a process of self-sustaining growth. In the past, the terms economic aid, economic assistance, and development assistance (the latter being newer) were more common, and the terms aid and assistance were often used in development economics literature from after World War II through the 1950s, but since the 1960s, the terms economic co-operation between the North and South or development co-operation have become more common, with the nuance that the donor and the recipient are on an equal footing.
[Economic cooperation systems and mechanisms]
Assistance from developed countries to developing countries is usually provided bilaterally (bilateral assistance), and the DAC (Development Assistance Committee) serves as a forum for the coordination of aid policies among developed countries.

*Some of the terms that refer to "development assistance" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…発展途上国がテイク･オフ(離陸)して自律的な成長過程に入るために，先進国がいろいろな手段(借款供与や輸入市場開放など)を通じて支援することを意味する。かつては経済援助economic aid,economic assistance，開発援助development assistanceといういい方(後者のほうが新しい)が一般的で，第2次大戦後から1950年代にかけて，〈援助aid,assistance〉といういい方が開発経済学の文献で多く使用されたが，60年代に入ってからは，援助する側と援助される側が対等であるというニュアンスをこめて，南北間の経済協力economic co‐operationまたは開発協力development co‐operationといういい方が一般的になってきている。
［経済協力の制度と仕組み］
　先進国から発展途上国への支援は通常2国間で行われ(2国間援助bilateral assistance)，先進国の援助政策調整のフォーラムとしてDAC（ダツク）(開発援助委員会。…

※「開発援助」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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