2022年國際援助新展望

A new outlook for international assistance in 2022

回顧 2021 年，不知道你對哪一個國際事件印象最深？是拜登上任，成為美國第 46 任總統，還是終於走完漫長程序，正式與歐盟分道揚鑣的英國脫歐，又或者是卡在蘇伊士運河，打亂全球航運的「大排長榮」？不論是哪一個事件吸引了你的眼球，在過去一年間，全球權力及經濟結構，都因此產生了變化，而長期關注國際發展援助事務的社群所觀察到的，更聚焦在全球局勢轉變下，國際間對於對外援助工作所帶來的改變，因此，本期《當季專論》單元將以〈各國援外預算消長下對全球國際援助工作的衝擊〉為題，探討在進入 2022 年後，各國援外政策為因應國際趨勢所做的調整，以及這些調整對全球援外工作所帶來的衝擊。

Looking back on 2021, which international event left the deepest impression on you? Was it Biden taking office to become the 46th president of the United States? The UK officially parting ways with the European Union as the arduous Brexit process was finally concluded? A giant Taiwanese container getting stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking all shipping traffic through the trading route for weeks on end? No matter which event caught your eye, the world’s power and economic structures have metamorphosized in the past year. For the community that has long been following international development assistance, our focus remains on how this field has been affected by the changing global situation. Therefore, this issue will discuss how in 2022 different countries have adjusted their foreign aid policy in response to global trends, and the impact of these adjustments on international development assistance, under the theme “The rise and fall of national foreign aid budgets and the resulting impacts on international development aid work.”