Asianizing the Integrated Approach for Development Cooperation: Scaling-Up Dynamics of KOICA’s Peace-Development Nexus Projects in Lao PDR and Cambodia

What is it about?

This study examines the Asianization of an integrated approach to development in the Asian context and shows how the scaling-up methods can promote development cooperation, with a focus on the cases of Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Using Korea International Cooperation Agency’s Peace Village Development Projects as a case study, the study looks at how projects can be scaled up in a more integrated way through horizontal, vertical, and functional scaling-up. The study finds that needs and capacity assessments, along with active stakeholder involvement, are key to success. KOICA's approach is a dynamic catalyst for social incorporation and optimizing sectoral results, leading to ‘an organically societized Asia.’

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