ABSTRACT
Hoshino Eiichi, a professor at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, specializes in the comparative study of foreign assistance programs. Here, he investigates the role of human rights in the foreign aid programs of the major aid donors of the world, focusing on Japan’s foreign aid program, which is now the largest. Addressing the controversial issue of human rights conditionality in foreign aid programs, Hoshino suggests that there might be an alternative model of aid-giving that builds on what he calls the human-rights-in-development perspective. He points to the importance of establishing an infrastructure in each country for the protection of human rights with the help of foreign aid. This model might be another creative way to link the three “generations” of human rights already discussed by previous authors.
