Historical forces in world agriculture and the changing role of international development assistance

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 77-91
Author(s):  
G. Edward Schuh
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
World Agriculture ◽  
Changing Role

scholarly journals Is it for donors or locals? The relationship between stakeholder interests and demonstrating results in international development

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Julian
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Complex Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stakeholder Interests ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Perception Analysis ◽  
Changing Role

Purpose – Many development interventions fail to report results that are important to local people (intended beneficiaries of the intervention) but not of strategic importance to the donors funding the work. Failure to report unexpected results, or those not linked to strategic goals, contributes to an overly negative view from external evaluations by donors and agencies. The causes of the mismatch between actual and demonstrated results failure were studied through stakeholder interests. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Nine project and programme managers of similar but unrelated projects were interviewed. From the interviews, previous studies and project publications, the challenges posed by differing interests and different perceptions in reporting stakeholder activities, outputs and outcomes, were identified. The complex environment of many development interventions was analysed and the work was contextualised with a peacebuilding project in Sri Lanka, which the author has previously studied. A stakeholder role and perception analysis was used to map the challenges at four times in the project cycle, producing a dynamic stakeholder analysis. Findings – The failure to fully report intervention results was linked to the changing role of competing stakeholder interests as a project proceeds, the conflicting perceptions of stakeholders, the structural over-simplification of a complex environment and power differentials that allow donors to misappropriate the role of clients. Practical implications – Current practice in designing and evaluating projects needs to improve reporting of beneficiary interests. Originality/value – To the author’s knowledge there are no prior publications in this area of research (under-reporting of development intervention results); the paper is considered highly original.

Financing Post-Conflict Recovery in Africa: The Role of International Development Assistance

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. i53-i76 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Mlambo ◽  
A. B. Kamara ◽  
M. Nyende
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Post Conflict

scholarly journals The Role of BRICS in International Development Assistance

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-140
Author(s):  
Shuyong Guo ◽  
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Yulin Sun ◽  
Pavel Demidov ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
The Future

With their growing economic power and international influence, the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are paying increasing attention to international development assistance. Although the BRICS countries started later than western developed countries, the speed of their development is staggering and their share in foreign aid is gradually increasing. The BRICS countries continue to innovate forms of assistance and cooperation in their own international development assistance, to strengthen cooperation with recipient countries, and to plan their own foreign aid work through the establishment of relevant institutions and the publication of relevant documents. But, at the same time, the BRICS countries are facing certain challenges in the process of international development assistance. This article examines the historical practice of BRICS’ international development assistance, analyzes the role BRICS plays in international development assistance, and considers the future prospects for BRICS’ participation.

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