Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Year (A.D.)
2021
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Teewin Suputtikun
Faculty/College
Faculty of Political Science (คณะรัฐศาสตร์)
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Level
Doctoral Degree
Degree Discipline
International Development Studies
DOI
10.58837/CHULA.THE.2021.214
Abstract
Recent studies have focused on the role of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in financing infrastructural projects and rural development programs. This study demonstrates how Japanese and Filipino aid authorities facilitated a Japan ODA-funded Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) subproject as a solution aiming to achieve the Agrarian Reform Community’s (ARC) overall poverty reduction and rural economic growth agenda to contribute to this literature. Drawing on Foucault's governmentality, Escobar’s development discourse, and Li’s “The Will to Improve,” this study shows ODA as an alliance emphasizing power relations and analyzing processes and interactions within the ODA-funded FMR subproject management stages. This study also examines the impact of the completed FMR on project beneficiaries, especially agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). Finally, it argues that while the FMR fostered mutual understanding, beneficial relationships, and more significant advantages among the non-poor sector, such as aid authorities, the poor sector, such as ARBs, clamor for further support to maximize FMR opportunities.
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Recommended Citation
Teves, Ma. Josephine Therese Emily, "Governmentality in the context of Japan-Funded Farm-to-Market road (FMR) in Agdangan Quezon Province, Philippines" (2021). Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD). 4756.
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/chulaetd/4756