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題名 台灣國際合作發展基金會在尼加拉瓜發展之研究
Taiwan International cooperation development fund in Nicaragua: Technical assistance 2001-2008
作者 古蒂安
Siu Gonzalez, Indiana Ethel
貢獻者 鄧中堅
古蒂安
Siu Gonzalez, Indiana Ethel
關鍵詞 ICDF
Taiwan
Nicaragua
Cooperation
Agriculture Mission
International Cooperation Development Fund
日期 2009
上傳時間 9-May-2016 15:44:46 (UTC+8)
摘要 Foreign aid has become more and more popular after World War II; aiming to support undeveloped countries to accomplish economic growth. It is common for countries that once achieved a development stage to support other countries that haven’t; but aid as an instrument for promoting economic growth has had its difficulties to be effective and efficient. Many types of aid are used to maximize its impact and support among their recipient’s countries, nevertheless intentions from donors or surrounding conditions from recipients has not been the best to do so. Taiwan, who previously was a recipient of aid, has become a donor; it has aimed its support to those countries that not only support Taiwan’s international status but also need to achieve economic growth. Nicaragua is one of the countries who are supported by the ROC government. The main problem when supporting other countries development is evaluating the impact or efficiency with which aid is handed; therefore it is crucial for the donor country, in this case the ROC to estimate the effectiveness and efficiency of their aid. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Taiwan’s ICDF aid to the Nicaraguan society by SWOT analysis. This evaluation is important in order to establish if Taiwan’s aid has been effective or efficient; and for Nicaraguan society to acknowledge if economic growth is being achieved and how. Taiwan’s ICDF has cooperated in the country by promoting not only funding for Nicaraguan government projects but also throughout technical assistance to locals; which aim to improve their productions, auto sustainability and technical skills. This research will prove that indeed Taiwan ICDF has helped Nicaraguan society to accomplish economic growth throughout their projects, and will also provide some suggestions to maximize even more their impact among Nicaraguans.
     
     Keywords: Aid, Taiwan ICDF, Projects, Taiwan, ROC, Nicaragua, Bilateral Relations, Economic growth, SWOT analysis.
參考文獻 Books
     【1】 Boone P. [1996. “Politics and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid”. Amsterdam. European Economic Review. pp 289-329]
     【2】 Cassen, Robert [1994 “Does Aid Work?” United Kingdom. Ed. Clarendon Press Oxford. Second edition. pp-1-15, 14-20, 143-172]
     【3】 Hellinger S., et al. [1988 “Aid for Just Development. Report on the Future of Foreign Assistance”. London. Ed.Ltnee Rienner Publishers pp 49-79]
     【4】 Montgomery, John [1967 “Foreign Aid in International Politics”. California. Ed Prentice-Hall. pp. 14, 6-18, 17-22]
     【5】 Morgenthau, Hans. [1972 “A political Theory of Foreign Aid”. California. Ed. American Political Science Association. pp 301-309]
     【6】 OECD [1998 “A Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients” CD-ROM. Paris. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development]
     【7】 OECD [2000 “Principles for New Orientations in Technical Co-operation, Paris. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development]
     【8】 Tarp, Finn. [2000 “Foreign Aid and Development. Lesson learnt and directions for the future”. USA. Ed. Routledge. pp. 2-3, 423-429, 155-181]
     
     Articles
     【9】 Alesina A. et al. [2000. “Who Gives foreign Aid to whom and Why?” Journal of Economic Growth. (Vol. 5) pp 33-63]
     【10】 Baldwin, David [1969. “Foreign Aid, Intervention and Influence”. Journal the Johns Hopkins University Pres. (Vol. 21) pp 425-447.
     【11】 Boone, Peter. [1996. “Politics and the effectiveness of foreign aid”. Journal European Economic Review. (Vol. 40) pp 289-329]
     【12】 Bravo, A. [2004 “Hagamos las cuentas claras: El caso de Nicaragua” Journal Fundacion Arias para la Paz y el progreso Humano. (Vol 5) pp 1-45]
     【13】 Chan, Gerald [1997. “Taiwan as an Emerging Foreign Aid Donor: Developments, Problems, and Prospects”. Journal Pacific Affairs. (No. 70) pp 37-56]
     【14】 Clerex et al. [1993. “Región I, Nicaragua: dinámica actual del proceso de desarrollo para la cooperación externa de países bajos” Journal ULA. pp 118-133. (Spanish)]
     【15】 D.W. Pickton and S. Wright. [1998 What`s SWOT in strategic analysis?, Strategic Change.( Vol. 7) pp. 101–109.
     【16】 Djankov S. et al. [2008. "The curse of aid," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, (Vol. 13:3), pages 169-194]
     【17】 Easterly, W. [2003. “Can Foreign Aid buy Growth?” Journal of Economic Perspectives. (Vol. 17, No 3). pp 23- 40]
     【18】 Frey, Bruno S. and Schneider, Friedrich. [1986. "Competing Models of International Lending Activity." Journal of Development Economics. (Vol. 20) pp. 225-45]
     【19】 Gómez, M et al. [2002. “Informe Cooperación Externa 2002” Journal Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura IICA. (Vol 6) pp 122-127 (Spanish)]
     【20】 Hay, G.J., Castilla, G., [ 2006. Object-based image analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT). In: Proceedings of the Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) 2006, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS) Commission V1, WG V1/4, Salzburg, Austria]
     【21】 Houben, G., Lenie, K., Vanhoof, K. [1999, "A knowledge-based SWOT analysis as an instrument for strategic planning in small and medium sized enterprises", Decision Support Systems, (Vol. 26) pp.125-35]
     【22】 Jenkins, et al. [2001. “Mistaken Governance for Politics: Foreign Aid, Democracy and Construction of Civil Society”. Journal Cambridge University Press. pp. 250-268]
     【23】 Leigh, D. [2006. SWOT Analysis. In Pershing J. (ed). The Handbook of Human Performance Technology. Ed. Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer. San Fco, California. Pag 4-13
     【24】 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua. [2003 “Enfoque Sectorial para la Coordinacion de la Cooperación Internacional” pp 1-49]
     【25】 Nelson, Joan M. et al [1968 "Aid, Influence and Foreign Policy" New York: The Macmillan. pp 45-71]
     【26】 Olson M. et al. [2009. “An economic Theory of Alliances”. Journal MIT Press. Vol 48. pp 266-279]
     
     WebPages
     【27】 CIA The World Fact book <> May/25 2009
     【28】 Martinez, M. Aleman robo de la cooperación. El Nuevo Diario September/24 2008 <> June /02 2009
     【29】 Alemán, A. La diplomacia del dólar La diplomacia del dólar. La Prensa. October/22 2004 <> May/30 2009
     【30】 El Nuevo Diario. Diarios de Taiwán continúan furiosos. El Nuevo Diario. August/15 2000 <> June/04 2009
     【31】 Garcia N. Where is Taiwan’s Donation? El Nuevo Diario. April/17 2009 <> June/02 2009
     【32】 Grigsby, A. “Nos desarrollara el desarrollo concebido en clusters? Revista Envio.
     【33】 January/22 2003 <> June/05 2009
     【34】 Hung, J. Taiwan`s bankrupt "dollar" diplomacy. October 27, 2004 <> June/01 2009
     【35】 La Prensa. Critican la ‘diplomacia del dólar’ de Taiwan en Centroamérica. La Prensa. August/25 2007 <> May/01 2009
     【36】 Liu, I. Affairs The big China Taiwan Tussle: Dollar Diplomacy Returns to Latin America (Council of Hemispheric) September/19 2008<> May/15 2009
     【37】 Taipei Times. The pitfalls of dollar diplomacy. Taipei Times. May/4 2008 <>> May/10 2009
     【38】 OECD. Aid to agriculture (OECD). December/23 2001 <> June/03 2009.
     【39】 Taiwan ICDF “Taiwan ICDF Report 2008” September/01 2008 <> June/15 2009
     【40】 Taiwan ICDF “Volunteer Projects” September/11 2008 <> May/06 2009
     【41】 The World Bank Key Development Data & Statistics 2006 <> May 01 2009
     【42】 World Bank “World Development Report 2008” World Bank Report. October/25 2007 <> June/09 2009
     【43】 Yueh, Jean “Aid agency helps allies sow seeds of success” September/11 2008 <> May/29 2009
     【44】 Michell, N. “Cooperacion Externa hace un alto en el camino” Journal El Observador Economico. July/17 2008 <> June/06 2009 from
     【45】 National Bank of Nicaragua 2008 “Informe de Cooperacion Externa” 2008 <> June/13 2009 (Spanish)
描述 碩士
國立政治大學
臺灣研究英語碩士學程(IMTS)
969740171
資料來源 http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0969240171
資料類型 thesis
dc.contributor.advisor 鄧中堅zh_TW
dc.contributor.author (Authors) 古蒂安zh_TW
dc.contributor.author (Authors) Siu Gonzalez, Indiana Ethelen_US
dc.creator (作者) 古蒂安zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Siu Gonzalez, Indiana Ethelen_US
dc.date (日期) 2009en_US
dc.date.accessioned 9-May-2016 15:44:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 9-May-2016 15:44:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 9-May-2016 15:44:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier (Other Identifiers) G0969240171en_US
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/95343-
dc.description (描述) 碩士zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 國立政治大學zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 臺灣研究英語碩士學程(IMTS)zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 969740171zh_TW
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Foreign aid has become more and more popular after World War II; aiming to support undeveloped countries to accomplish economic growth. It is common for countries that once achieved a development stage to support other countries that haven’t; but aid as an instrument for promoting economic growth has had its difficulties to be effective and efficient. Many types of aid are used to maximize its impact and support among their recipient’s countries, nevertheless intentions from donors or surrounding conditions from recipients has not been the best to do so. Taiwan, who previously was a recipient of aid, has become a donor; it has aimed its support to those countries that not only support Taiwan’s international status but also need to achieve economic growth. Nicaragua is one of the countries who are supported by the ROC government. The main problem when supporting other countries development is evaluating the impact or efficiency with which aid is handed; therefore it is crucial for the donor country, in this case the ROC to estimate the effectiveness and efficiency of their aid. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Taiwan’s ICDF aid to the Nicaraguan society by SWOT analysis. This evaluation is important in order to establish if Taiwan’s aid has been effective or efficient; and for Nicaraguan society to acknowledge if economic growth is being achieved and how. Taiwan’s ICDF has cooperated in the country by promoting not only funding for Nicaraguan government projects but also throughout technical assistance to locals; which aim to improve their productions, auto sustainability and technical skills. This research will prove that indeed Taiwan ICDF has helped Nicaraguan society to accomplish economic growth throughout their projects, and will also provide some suggestions to maximize even more their impact among Nicaraguans.
     
     Keywords: Aid, Taiwan ICDF, Projects, Taiwan, ROC, Nicaragua, Bilateral Relations, Economic growth, SWOT analysis.
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dc.description.tableofcontents Acknowledgements .......................... i
     Abstract ............................ . iii
     Table of Contents ........................... iv
     1. Introduction ............................ 1
     1.1. Introduction .......................... 1
     1.2. Research Purpose ......................... 3
     1.3. Background .......................... 4
     1.3.1. Taiwan......................... 4
     1.3.2. Nicaragua ..........................8
     1.3.3. Nicaragua-Taiwan Relations .................. 12
     1.4. International Cooperation & Development Fund (ICDF) .......... 14
     1.4.1. General Aspects ......................... 14
     1.4.2. Operations and Activities ................... 15
     2. Literature Review ..................... 18
     2.1. Foreign Aid ........................ 18
     2.2. Foreign Aid as an Intervention and influence ...........21
     2.3. Technical Cooperation-Technical Assistance ................ 22
     2.4. Development Aid ....................... 26
     2.5. Importance of Agricultural Projects for development ........... 28
     3. Methodology ....................... 32
     3.1 Methodology ..............................32
     3.2 Evaluation of Foreign Aid throughout SWOT analysis..........34
     4. Taiwan International Cooperation Development Fund in Nicaragua ......... 37
     4.1. Introduction ........................ 37
     4.1.1. Purposes of Taiwan International Cooperation Development Fund ...... 38
     4.2. Projects Execution and Development ................ 39
     4.2.1. Beans, Crops and Rice production Improvement Project .......... 40
     4.2.2. Superior Quality Pig Breeding Farm ............... 45
     4.2.3. Volunteer Projects ...................... 46
     4.2.4. Taiwan International Cooperation Development Fund Scholarship Program ... 47
     4.3. Overall Evaluation of ICDF in Nicaragua ............ 48
     4.3.1. Taiwan International Cooperation Development Fund projects: SWOT Analysis… ........ 49
     4.3.1.1.Certified Seed Farm (SWOT) ................ 49
     4.3.1.2.Rice Cooperatives (SWOT) ................... 50
     4.3.1.3.Bean Cooperatives (SWOT) .................. 52
     4.3.1.4.Fruit Crops Production (SWOT) ................ 53
     4.3.1.5.Superior Quality Pig Breeding Farm ..............55
     4.3.1.6.Volunteer Projects (SWOT) ................... 56
     4.3.1.7. Taiwan International Cooperation Development Fund Scholarship Program
     (Project) SWOT ......................... 58
     4.3.2. Common Features in Projects (SWOT) ............... 59
     4.4. Overall Evaluation of Taiwan International Cooperation Development Fund in
     Nicaragua (SWOT)................ 61
     4.5. Nicaragua’s vs. Taiwan’s Perspective on Foreign Aid .......... 67
     5. Conclusions ..........................71
     5.1. Conclusions ........................ 71
     5.2. Recommendations .......................72
     5.2.1. For Taiwan: .........................72
     5.2.2. For Nicaragua: ....................... 73
     Bibliography ....................... 75
     Appendix .........................80
     Table .............................99
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dc.source.uri (資料來源) http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0969240171en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) ICDFen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Taiwanen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Nicaraguaen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Cooperationen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Agriculture Missionen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) International Cooperation Development Funden_US
dc.title (題名) 台灣國際合作發展基金會在尼加拉瓜發展之研究zh_TW
dc.title (題名) Taiwan International cooperation development fund in Nicaragua: Technical assistance 2001-2008en_US
dc.type (資料類型) thesisen_US
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) Books
     【1】 Boone P. [1996. “Politics and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid”. Amsterdam. European Economic Review. pp 289-329]
     【2】 Cassen, Robert [1994 “Does Aid Work?” United Kingdom. Ed. Clarendon Press Oxford. Second edition. pp-1-15, 14-20, 143-172]
     【3】 Hellinger S., et al. [1988 “Aid for Just Development. Report on the Future of Foreign Assistance”. London. Ed.Ltnee Rienner Publishers pp 49-79]
     【4】 Montgomery, John [1967 “Foreign Aid in International Politics”. California. Ed Prentice-Hall. pp. 14, 6-18, 17-22]
     【5】 Morgenthau, Hans. [1972 “A political Theory of Foreign Aid”. California. Ed. American Political Science Association. pp 301-309]
     【6】 OECD [1998 “A Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients” CD-ROM. Paris. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development]
     【7】 OECD [2000 “Principles for New Orientations in Technical Co-operation, Paris. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development]
     【8】 Tarp, Finn. [2000 “Foreign Aid and Development. Lesson learnt and directions for the future”. USA. Ed. Routledge. pp. 2-3, 423-429, 155-181]
     
     Articles
     【9】 Alesina A. et al. [2000. “Who Gives foreign Aid to whom and Why?” Journal of Economic Growth. (Vol. 5) pp 33-63]
     【10】 Baldwin, David [1969. “Foreign Aid, Intervention and Influence”. Journal the Johns Hopkins University Pres. (Vol. 21) pp 425-447.
     【11】 Boone, Peter. [1996. “Politics and the effectiveness of foreign aid”. Journal European Economic Review. (Vol. 40) pp 289-329]
     【12】 Bravo, A. [2004 “Hagamos las cuentas claras: El caso de Nicaragua” Journal Fundacion Arias para la Paz y el progreso Humano. (Vol 5) pp 1-45]
     【13】 Chan, Gerald [1997. “Taiwan as an Emerging Foreign Aid Donor: Developments, Problems, and Prospects”. Journal Pacific Affairs. (No. 70) pp 37-56]
     【14】 Clerex et al. [1993. “Región I, Nicaragua: dinámica actual del proceso de desarrollo para la cooperación externa de países bajos” Journal ULA. pp 118-133. (Spanish)]
     【15】 D.W. Pickton and S. Wright. [1998 What`s SWOT in strategic analysis?, Strategic Change.( Vol. 7) pp. 101–109.
     【16】 Djankov S. et al. [2008. "The curse of aid," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, (Vol. 13:3), pages 169-194]
     【17】 Easterly, W. [2003. “Can Foreign Aid buy Growth?” Journal of Economic Perspectives. (Vol. 17, No 3). pp 23- 40]
     【18】 Frey, Bruno S. and Schneider, Friedrich. [1986. "Competing Models of International Lending Activity." Journal of Development Economics. (Vol. 20) pp. 225-45]
     【19】 Gómez, M et al. [2002. “Informe Cooperación Externa 2002” Journal Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura IICA. (Vol 6) pp 122-127 (Spanish)]
     【20】 Hay, G.J., Castilla, G., [ 2006. Object-based image analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT). In: Proceedings of the Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) 2006, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS) Commission V1, WG V1/4, Salzburg, Austria]
     【21】 Houben, G., Lenie, K., Vanhoof, K. [1999, "A knowledge-based SWOT analysis as an instrument for strategic planning in small and medium sized enterprises", Decision Support Systems, (Vol. 26) pp.125-35]
     【22】 Jenkins, et al. [2001. “Mistaken Governance for Politics: Foreign Aid, Democracy and Construction of Civil Society”. Journal Cambridge University Press. pp. 250-268]
     【23】 Leigh, D. [2006. SWOT Analysis. In Pershing J. (ed). The Handbook of Human Performance Technology. Ed. Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer. San Fco, California. Pag 4-13
     【24】 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua. [2003 “Enfoque Sectorial para la Coordinacion de la Cooperación Internacional” pp 1-49]
     【25】 Nelson, Joan M. et al [1968 "Aid, Influence and Foreign Policy" New York: The Macmillan. pp 45-71]
     【26】 Olson M. et al. [2009. “An economic Theory of Alliances”. Journal MIT Press. Vol 48. pp 266-279]
     
     WebPages
     【27】 CIA The World Fact book <> May/25 2009
     【28】 Martinez, M. Aleman robo de la cooperación. El Nuevo Diario September/24 2008 <> June /02 2009
     【29】 Alemán, A. La diplomacia del dólar La diplomacia del dólar. La Prensa. October/22 2004 <> May/30 2009
     【30】 El Nuevo Diario. Diarios de Taiwán continúan furiosos. El Nuevo Diario. August/15 2000 <> June/04 2009
     【31】 Garcia N. Where is Taiwan’s Donation? El Nuevo Diario. April/17 2009 <> June/02 2009
     【32】 Grigsby, A. “Nos desarrollara el desarrollo concebido en clusters? Revista Envio.
     【33】 January/22 2003 <> June/05 2009
     【34】 Hung, J. Taiwan`s bankrupt "dollar" diplomacy. October 27, 2004 <> June/01 2009
     【35】 La Prensa. Critican la ‘diplomacia del dólar’ de Taiwan en Centroamérica. La Prensa. August/25 2007 <> May/01 2009
     【36】 Liu, I. Affairs The big China Taiwan Tussle: Dollar Diplomacy Returns to Latin America (Council of Hemispheric) September/19 2008<> May/15 2009
     【37】 Taipei Times. The pitfalls of dollar diplomacy. Taipei Times. May/4 2008 <>> May/10 2009
     【38】 OECD. Aid to agriculture (OECD). December/23 2001 <> June/03 2009.
     【39】 Taiwan ICDF “Taiwan ICDF Report 2008” September/01 2008 <> June/15 2009
     【40】 Taiwan ICDF “Volunteer Projects” September/11 2008 <> May/06 2009
     【41】 The World Bank Key Development Data & Statistics 2006 <> May 01 2009
     【42】 World Bank “World Development Report 2008” World Bank Report. October/25 2007 <> June/09 2009
     【43】 Yueh, Jean “Aid agency helps allies sow seeds of success” September/11 2008 <> May/29 2009
     【44】 Michell, N. “Cooperacion Externa hace un alto en el camino” Journal El Observador Economico. July/17 2008 <> June/06 2009 from
     【45】 National Bank of Nicaragua 2008 “Informe de Cooperacion Externa” 2008 <> June/13 2009 (Spanish)
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