Abstract
Since 2007, Russia has been “re-creating” an international development assistance programme and has become an active global development cooperation partner. Russian official development assistance increased more than eightfold in a decade. Russia consistently promotes cooperation for international development and the Millennium Development Goals in major global governance institutions. But to what extent is Russia’s international development assistance compatible with its international cooperation strategy and domestic development priorities?
It is asserted that there are three major factors of influence: the choice is driven, first, by security concerns; second, by economic interests; and third, by existing commitments in multilateral organizations. This chapter supports these hypotheses by exploring Russia’s development assistance history, the normative and institutional framework, and the sector and geographic foci.
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Larionova, M., Rakhmangulov, M., Berenson, M.P. (2016). Russia: A Re-emerging Donor. In: Gu, J., Shankland, A., Chenoy, A. (eds) The BRICS in International Development. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55646-2_3
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