scholarly journals Should China Join the GPEDC? Prospects for China and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

2020 ◽  
pp. 393-407
Author(s):  
Xiaoyun Li ◽  
Gubo Qi
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
First Century ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Effective Development ◽  
Emerging Powers ◽  
International Development Cooperation

AbstractThe Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) is regarded as being the twenty-first-century epitome of a partnership within a polycentric world in the arena of international development cooperation. The chapter argues that, among the group of emerging economies, the GPEDC is considered to be just another form of the DAC’s recent transformation. That is why the emerging powers are sceptical—they are not a part of it; hence, they are reluctant to join it. However, we also explain why the GPEDC is a valuable platform for continuing the role of development cooperation for global development and implementing the 2030 Agenda. The chapter suggests how different stakeholders—including the emerging ones, particularly China—can work together to make the GPEDC a genuine partnership.

scholarly journals Japan’s development cooperation: from making amends to agenda–setting

2021 ◽  
pp. 351-373
Author(s):  
Nikolay Murashkin
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
International Development ◽  
Relative Weight ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
World War ◽  
Japan International Cooperation Agency ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
International Development Cooperation

This article revisits the post–World War II evolution of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) over the past 75 years, with a particular focus on the period starting from the 1980s and subsequent changes in Japan’s international development cooperation policies. I address cornerstones such as human security and quality growth, while examining the role of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), shifts and continuities in regional visions and sectoral priorities, such as infrastructure development. I argue that the threefold mix of key drivers behind Japan’s development cooperation has remained consistent, involving developmentalism stemming from Japan’s own experience of successful modernisation from a non–Western background, neo–mercantilism, as well as strategic and geopolitical considerations. The relative weight and interplay of these factors, however, fluctuated in different periods.

Post-2015 Development Agenda: From Concept to Practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 1550015
Author(s):  
Ying CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
International Development Cooperation

The latest progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows that MDGs have made a profound difference in people's lives, which is the most important achievement of international development cooperation in past 15 years. Based on experience of formulation and implementation of MDGs, United Nations launched international processes of the Post-2015 Development Agenda including negotiations to define Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this paper, comparing processes defining MDGs and SDGs, some new characteristics were identified and some key issues were analyzed. It seems difficult to balance interests of developed and developing countries and there are also great challenges to implement SDGs effectively in the future especially in developing countries. It required building a new global partnership for sustainable development to promote transformation.

scholarly journals Evolution of Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Case of P4G

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6485
Author(s):  
Gayoung Choi ◽  
Taeyoung Jin ◽  
Yoonjeong Jeong ◽  
Sue Kyoung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
International Development Cooperation

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 with a universal call for action to achieve a better and global sustainable future by 2030. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been recognized as an innovative mechanism for achieving UN SDGs because they help the public sector provide basic goods and services by enabling the use of the experience and funds of the private sector. This study examines the PPP network by visualizing the relationship among stakeholders through social network analysis. Considering the case of the Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals 2030 (P4G), this study investigates the actors and the relationship between the actors by stage and year. As a result, the study visualized the network of PPPs in P4G, thereby revealing that the partnerships were evolving since the participants’ relationships became stronger each year. Moreover, the role of each actor became clearer at each stage. The findings provide practical guidance for practitioners interested in promoting international development cooperation through PPPs in the future.

scholarly journals Development cooperation in water and sanitation: is it based on the human rights framework?

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 2247-2256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Brown ◽  
Léo Heller
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
International Development Cooperation ◽  
The Way

Abstract The water and sanitation sector is verifiably receiving increased attention and funding through international development cooperation. Not least because of the way that it affects incentives and institutions in partner countries, development cooperation can have either positive or negative effects on human rights though. The consolidated frameworks for the human rights to water and sanitation is becoming linked to the international community’s coordinated development efforts, as evidenced notably in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, a review of major funders’ official policies for development cooperation in the sector suggests that many only partially endorse the frameworks for the human rights to water and sanitation. An observation of development cooperation flows to the sector allows the hypothesis to be advanced that worldwide inequalities in access to these services may be reduced through a full and clear application of the human rights framework in development cooperation activities. The article presents findings of this research and explores key stakes for development cooperation in the water and sanitation sector that are relevant for their ability to either negatively or positively contribute to the realization of human rights.

scholarly journals Cooperation on food security with Africa as an instrument of Brazil’s Foreign Policy (2003-2010)/Cooperação em segurança alimentar com a África como um instrumento de política externa brasileira (2003-2010)

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 558-581
Author(s):  
Felipe Leal Ribeiro de Albuquerque
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Food Security ◽  
International Development ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
World Order ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
South American ◽  
Emerging Powers ◽  
International Development Cooperation

In a context of growing interdependence, diversified possibilities for emerging powers to act and more commonly perceived transcendence of domestic subjects to the international arena, Brazil is a singular player: it is facing relevant internal transformations that allow the development of policies for mitigating historic inequalities, such as the ones to fight hunger and poverty; and aims at assuming greater responsibilities in an international arena characterized by growing multipolarity. Brazil’s diplomatic corps tries to show the country as a necessary interlocutor and negotiator for the establishment of a more just and democratic world order. In this sense, many public policies associated with the agendas comprised by the concept of food security are instrumentalized by the policymakers as a means to assemble legitimacy, political support and economic opportunities for the South American powerhouse. These dynamics are clearly observed in the relations between Brazil and its African partners, which will be the focus of this paper.Keywords: Brazilian foreign policy; International development cooperation; Brazil-Africa relations; Lula da Silva’s government; food security.   Resumo: Em contexto de crescente interdependência, diversificadas possibilidades da atuação para potências emergentes e transcendência mais perceptível de questões domésticas para a arena internacional, o Brasil é ator singular: passa por transformações internas relevantes que permitem o desenvolvimento de políticas como as de combate à fome e à pobreza, voltadas para a mitigação de desigualdades históricas; e busca assumir maiores responsabilidades em arena internacional caracterizada por crescente multipolaridade. O corpo diplomático brasileiro busca mostrar o país como um interlocutor e negociador necessário para o estabelecimento de ordem global mais justa e democrática. Nesse sentido, variadas políticas públicas associadas com as agendas envolvidas pelo conceito de segurança alimentar são instrumentalizadas pelos formuladores de política externa como um meio de assegurar legitimidade, apoios políticos e oportunidades econômicas para o país sul-americano. Tais dinâmicas são claramente observadas nas relações entre o Brasil e seus parceiros africanos, assunto que será o tema desse artigo.Palavras-chave: Política externa brasileira; Cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento; Relações Brasil-África; Governo Lula da Silva; Segurança alimentar.  DOI: 10.20424/2237-7743/bjir.v4n3p558-581

scholarly journals International Development Cooperation in the Fields of Water and Sanitation: A Comparative Study of the United States and the Spanish Approaches in Latin America and the Caribbean

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Sergio Colina Martín
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
International Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
International Development Cooperation

In the last decade, the access to drinking water and sanitation have been acknowledged as human rights by the international community; they have also been recognized as a crucial goal for achieving sustainable development for all, in the framework of the 2030 Agenda. The need for international cooperation in those fields has gained new attention, and several multilateral actors and development agencies (including USAID and AECID) have consolidated or amplified their support to the WASH sector in developing countries. A comparative analysis of the different ways in which the United States and the Spanish cooperation conceive, design and implement their development programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean can contribute to a better understanding on the strategies to effectively protect and promote those human rights and to achieve SDG 6.

scholarly journals South-South Development Cooperation as a Modality: Brazil’s Cooperation with Mozambique

2020 ◽  
pp. 543-566
Author(s):  
Jurek Seifert
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
International Development Cooperation

AbstractThis chapter investigates the widespread claim that South-South development cooperation (SSDC) differs from North-South cooperation, as it is said to be based on horizontality, to be demand-driven, to create mutual benefits, and to provide “Southern” solutions to development challenges through knowledge exchange. Based on an analysis of Brazil’s cooperation with Mozambique, the chapter shows that cooperation practices do not always follow the narrative around SSDC as a modality contesting established cooperation. The chapter further assesses what this means for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and for the growing relevance ascribed to SSDC providers in international development cooperation.

scholarly journals Middle Powers in International Development Cooperation: Assessing the Roles of South Korea and Turkey

2020 ◽  
pp. 435-449
Author(s):  
R. Melis Baydag
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Middle Power ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Middle Powers ◽  
International Development Cooperation

AbstractThis chapter analyses the foreign aid discourses of South Korea and Turkey in international development cooperation under the framework of middle-power theory. Korea and Turkey make use of their middle-power identity with the aim of increasing their presence around the globe, where foreign aid is used as an important foreign policy tool. They claim to be like-minded peers playing a bridging role between the developed and developing worlds. Despite opting for similar results in global politics, they show divergent strategic and ideational pathways in foreign aid. This creates significant implications for cooperation at the global level, especially because it questions the role of middle-power collaboration in facilitating possible rapprochement between traditional and emerging donors as well as within the Southern providers.

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