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Chinese Foundations and the Challenge of ‘Going International’

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dc.creator Tan, Lindan
dc.creator Huyse, Huib
dc.date 2021-11-25T12:43:48Z
dc.date 2021-11-25T12:43:48Z
dc.date 2021-11-29
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:50:15Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:50:15Z
dc.identifier Tan, L. and Huyse, H. (2021) 'Chinese Foundations and the Challenge of "Going International" ', IDS Bulletin 52.2: 121–38
dc.identifier 1759-5436
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16958
dc.identifier Business, Markets and the State
dc.identifier 10.19088/1968-2021.124
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198761
dc.description China’s international cooperation strategies are gradually changing due to evolving views about the limits of its internationalisation approach, which has traditionally mainly focused on building governmental and business relationships. Intensified interactions with low-income countries in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative are perceived to benefit from an increased role for its domestic non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This article explores China’s initial steps in enabling the domestic NGO landscape to internationalise by looking at this development from an organisational capacity perspective. By assessing five key organisational characteristics of 36 Chinese foundations engaging in international cooperation, we find that the average organisational capacity for international cooperation is still limited but shows gradual improvement. While they all comply with government regulations in governance and several foundations have large budgets and capacity for domestic operations, our findings suggest that only a few currently mobilise substantial human and financial resources for their international activities.
dc.description Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.relation IDS Bulletin;52.2
dc.rights This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited and any modifications or adaptations are indicated. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights © Authors © Institute of Development Studies 2021
dc.subject Development Policy
dc.subject Politics and Power
dc.subject Trade
dc.title Chinese Foundations and the Challenge of ‘Going International’
dc.type Article
dc.coverage China


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