International Development Cooperation Today

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Develtere ◽  
Huib Huyse ◽  
Jan Van Ongevalle
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
International Development Cooperation

scholarly journals Innovation system formation in international development cooperation: The role of intermediaries in urban sanitation

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara J van Welie ◽  
Wouter P C Boon ◽  
Bernhard Truffer
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Service Sectors ◽  
Intermediary Role ◽  
International Development Cooperation

Abstract The transformation of urban basic service sectors towards more sustainability is one of the ‘grand challenges’ for public policy, globally. A particular urgent problem is the provision of sanitation in cities in low-income countries. The globally dominant centralised sewerage approach has proven incapable to reach many of the urban poor. Recently, an increasing number of actors in international development cooperation has started to develop alternative safely managed non-grid approaches. We approach their efforts as an emerging ‘global innovation system’ and investigate how its development can be supported by systemic intermediaries. We analyse the activities of the ‘Sustainable Sanitation Alliance’, an international network that coordinates activities in the sanitation sector and thereby supports this innovation system. The findings show how demand ing it is to fulfil an intermediary role in a global innovation system, because of the need to consider system processes at different scales, in each phase of system building.

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.

scholarly journals La cooperación solidaria como metodología de aprendizaje: un caso en la universidad / The International Development Cooperation in the Universal Human Rights System: Human Rights as a Frame for Understanding the International Development Cooperation

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Estrada Guillén ◽  
Diego Monferrer Tirado ◽  
Juan Carlos Fandos
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
Promotional Campaign ◽  
The University ◽  
International Development Cooperation

ABSTRACTThe subjects of Management (Bachelor of Business Administration) and Promotion (Bachelor of Advertising and Public Relations) perform charity market promotional campaign organized by the students of nursery and primary public school in Castellón (Spain). The objetives and competences defined in the project were successfully achieved, improving teamwork, communication, critical capacity and social awareness of the university. The cooperative methodology significantly increased motivation to effectively manage the transmission of knowledge from classroon to society.RESUMENLas asignaturas dirección comercial (licenciatura de administración y dirección de empresas) y promoción comercial (licenciatura de publicidad y relaciones públicas) realizan la campaña promocional del mercadillo solidario organizado por los alumnos de infantil y primaria de un colegio público en la localidad de Castellón (España). los objetivos y competencias definidas en este proyecto fueron alcanzados de forma satisfactoria, mejorando el trabajo en grupo, la comunicación, la capacidad critica y la concienciación social de los universitarios. la metodología cooperativa incrementó notablemente la motivación al aconseguir gestionar de manera eficaz la transmisión del conocimiento de las aulas a la sociedad.

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