Modernity, Development and Decolonization of Knowledge in Central Asia: Kazakhstan as a Foreign Aid Provider (Politics and History in Central Asia)

This book joins the discussion on foreign aid triggered by the rise of multiplicity of emerging donors in international development and explores the transformation of Kazakhstan from a recipient country to a development aid provider. Drawing on fieldwork in Nur-Sultan and Almaty (Kazakhstan) between 2016 and 2019, this research evaluates the philosophy and core features of Kazakhstan's chosen development aid model and explains the factors that account for the construction of aid patterns of Kazakh donorship. This book will be of interest to scholars of Central Asia and the emerging politics of Eurasia as well as scholars of politics and aid. Nafissa Insebayeva specializes in Kazakhstan's domestic politics, development cooperation and international development strategies. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba (Japan) and currently serves as a Researcher at the Nippon Foundation Central Asia-Japan Human Resource Development Project (NipCA).-- Provided by publisher Acknowledgements Contents Abbreviations List of Figures 1 Introduction The Arrival of a New Donor Methodological Overview Book Outline 2 Setting the Stage for Research: Theoretical Approaches to Development Contribution to the Field 3 The “Development” Paradigm: Official Development Assistance and DAC Origins of Foreign Aid Literature on Kazakh Aid: How It Has Been Approached So Far 4 Kazakhstan as a Humanitarian Aid Donor Kazakhstan as a Development Aid Partner Key Features and Characteristics of Kazakh Aid The Domestic Context and Interests of Stakeholders: The Drafting of the Law on ODA 5 New Actors Through Old Lenses? The Soviet Modernization Project: Education The Educational Legacy: Soviet Higher and Professional Education The Soviet Style Women Emancipation Why Soviet History Matters for Kazakhstan’s Aid Policy 6 In the Colonial Matrix of Power: The Aftermath of the Soviet Collapse International Factors 7 Conclusion Selected Notes and Meanings Archival Documents Bibliography Index