scholarly journals Situación y retos de la cooperación española para el fortalecimiento de las instituciones públicas

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 997
Author(s):  
Pablo Bandeira Greño ◽  
Arturo Warleta González
Keyword(s):  
Development Assistance ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Organizational Resources ◽  
Technical Personnel ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Quantitative Importance

This article analyzes the situation and the current challenges of Spanish development assistance aimed at public institutional development. First, we try to define what we mean by the concept of "public institutional development", as against the idea of "increasing organizational resources". Secondly we analyze the quantitative importance of Spanish cooperation granted to such actions based mainly on the 2010 PACI tracking database. Then we the main strengths and weaknesses of our cooperation in this sector, on the basis of semi-open interviews carried out with technical personnel of three public cooperation agencies, 17 NGO and the evaluations carried out by the Directorate- General of planning and evaluation of development policies. The article ends with a series of conclusions and recommendations for the Spanish aid in this sector to be more effective.

scholarly journals Institutional benchmarking of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 543-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice A. Asongu
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
Government Quality ◽  
Institutional Benefits

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to integrate two main strands of the aid-development nexus in assessing whether institutional thresholds matter in the effectiveness of foreign-aid on institutional development in 53 African countries over the period 1996-2010. Design/methodology/approach – The panel quantile regression technique enables us to investigate if the relationship between institutional dynamics and development assistance differs throughout the distributions of institutional dynamics. Eight government quality indicators are employed: rule of law, regulation quality, government effectiveness, corruption, voice and accountability, control of corruption, political stability and democracy. Findings – Three hypotheses are tested and the following findings are established: first, institutional benefits of foreign-aid are contingent on existing institutional levels in Africa; second, but for a thin exception (democracy), foreign-aid is more negatively correlated with countries of higher institutional quality than with those of lower quality; third, the institutional benefits of foreign-aid are not questionable until greater domestic institutional development has taken place. The reverse is true instead. government quality benefits of development assistance are questionable in African countries irrespective of prevailing institutional quality levels. Originality/value – This paper contributes to existing literature on the effectiveness of foreign-aid by focussing on the distribution of the dependent variables (institutional dynamics). It is likely that best and worst countries in terms of institutions respond differently to development assistance.

scholarly journals MATRIZ DE VANTAGENS COMPETITIVAS SISTÊMICAS DA REGIÃO METROPOLITANA DE CURITIBA

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariano De Matos Macedo ◽  
Wilhelm Eduard Milward de Azevedo Meiners
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Analytical Instrument ◽  
Regional Competitiveness ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Recent Debate

Este ensaio tem como objetivo apoiar o debate recente sobre competitividade regional, com destaque à identificação de elementos chaves da competitividade sistêmica que possam orientar a formulação de políticas públicas e institucionais de desenvolvimento para a Região Metropolitana de Curitiba. A matriz de vantagens competitivas sistêmicas coloca-se como um instrumento analítico que permite uma avaliação rápida, sintética e objetiva da competitividade sistêmica regional, relevante para o apoio ao planejamento regional integrado. Para tanto se propõe, inicialmente, uma revisão teórica do debate sobre competitividade regional, enfatizando as novas vantagens competitivas locais, as economias de aglomeração, de aprendizado por interação e eficiência coletiva. A intenção, nesta primeira parte, é ressaltar os elementos (direcionadores e subfatores) que serão considerados na matriz, fornecendo ao aporte analítico um marco teórico mais consistente. Na seqüência, é apresentada a metodologia e a construção da matriz de vantagens competitivas sistêmicas, tomando como referência a Região Metropolitana de Curitiba, o que permite sustentar os destaques positivos e as questões mais críticas da competitividade sistêmica desta região. Abstract This essay aims at supporting the recent debate about regional competitiveness. It highlights the identification of key elements of systemic competitiveness that may guide the formulation of public and institutional development policies for the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba. The matrix of systemic competitive advantages appears as an analytical instrument for a quick, concise and objective analysis of regional systemic competitiveness, which is relevant to support the integrated regional planning. First it proposes a theoretical review of the debate about regional competitiveness, emphasizing new local competitive advantages, economies of agglomerations, of learning through integration and of collective efficiency. It is intended, in the first part, to point out the elements considered by the matrix (directional and sub-factors), providing a consistent theoretical mark to the analytical approach. Next the methodology and the construction of the systemic competitive advantages are presented, having the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba as reference, making it possible to sustain the main positive points and the most crucial matters of systemic competitiveness of this region.

The role of individual adaptive practices for sustainable adaptation

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Wamsler ◽  
Ebba Brink
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the strategies used by Swedish citizens to adapt to changing climate variability and extremes. There is an increasing consensus that individual adaptive capacities are critical to successfully adapt to climate change and achieve sustainable development. However, little is known about individual adaptive practices, particularly in developed countries. Design/methodology/approach – The study covered a variety of geographical areas and included single-case studies of specific locations, cross-case studies and country-wide studies. Data were collected through literature review, interviews with at-risk people, observation and group discussions with municipal staff. Findings – The paper provides an overview of Swedish citizens’ adaptive practices and highlights how institutional development efforts affect individuals and their activities, including the equitable distribution of adaptation needs and resources. The paper concludes that individual adaptive capacities do not necessarily translate into adaptation. Practical implications – The results show that planned interventions are required. They emphasise the importance of more people-oriented adaptation planning that fosters the sustainable transformation of cities, together with the role that South-North knowledge transfer can play in this context. Originality/value – The paper offers critical insights into the positive and negative effects of citizens’ adaptation strategies (based on criteria such as effectiveness, sustainability and equity), and it discusses their relevance in the formulation of development policies and programmes.

A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Development Planning in Pakistan: A Journey from Traditional Planning to Strategic Planning

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 554-567
Author(s):  
Hamzo Khan Tagar ◽  
Hira Nazir ◽  
Abdul Karim Tagar ◽  
Ghulam Ali Bijarani
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Planning Concepts

The basic aim and object of the study to examine the institutional structure of development planning, and polices in Pakistan in the context of its impact on inclusive growth and in addition to develop a coherent road map in the context of regional and global development objectives of the modern world. The study addressed that present development planning set up in not addressing poverty and inequality at large due to its time-barred framework. The study recommended that the structural changes are needed in the present planning mechanism from district to province and planning commission/ from top to bottom. The capacity of development planners should be enhanced to formulate sustainable development policies to create a robust development planning system in the country. The study suggests continues reforms in development spending to reduce waste of available resources and its focus should be on regional and economic disparities as a policy shift a development for all. The institutional development planning should be focused to produce the required quality skilled human development force in the context of the lowest human development index in the region. There is an urgent need to adopt alternative development policies practices and strategic planning concepts followed by developed nations in the recent past as a way forward

scholarly journals Territorial and Sectoral Distribution of the ODA Gross Disbursements Channelled Using Civil Society Organizations: Czechia Compared with Other Central European Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Eva Kovarova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Maximum Level ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Central European ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Policies

Civil society organizations represent important actors in delivery of development assistance. International community recognizes them not only as actors on their own, but also as the contractors of the official governmental programmes and projects. Their involvement in development policies of donor countries has been especially emphasized since the 1990s, and it is generally regarded as valuable in fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Governments of the Central European Countries also cooperate with civil society organizations in development policies, and use them inter alia as the channels for aid delivery. However, the level in which governments use their services in delivery of the Official Development Assistance differs. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify and evaluate territorial and sectoral distribution of the ODA gross disbursements of Czechia channelled using civil society organizations, and to compare this distribution with the ones found in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Through civil society organizations Czechia has allocated nearly 1⁄4 of its total volume of ODA gross disbursements related to individual programmes and projects during the period between 2014 and 2018. However, the Hungarian government cooperated with civil society organizations marginally, and their participation reached a maximum level of 6% in 2018. Civil society organizations, participating in development policies of the Central European Countries, were involved mainly in the programmes and projects concerning social infrastructure and services, which complies with their traditional and most common roles.

scholarly journals Refugees, Development, Debt, Austerity: A Selected History

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Zamore
Keyword(s):  
Development Assistance ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Forced Displacement ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Historical Role ◽  
Laissez Faire

There is a consensus among global policymakers that the challenges facing refugees today arise, in no small part, from the treatment of forced displacement as predominately a short-term humanitarian problem and the consequent exclusion of refugees from long-term development assistance. This paper agrees that refugees — a majority of whom spend years, a large number decades, some lifetimes in exile — constitute a development challenge, not only a humanitarian one. But it departs from the prevailing consensus which has tended to underemphasize the historical role of certain development policies in contributing to the status quo of refugee poverty in the first place. The paper places particular emphasis in that regard on policies of austerity and of laissez-faire. In their stead, it argues in favor of approaches to development that are proactively egalitarian and redistributive.

scholarly journals Implementasi Kebijakan Pengembangan Pariwisata di Pulau Lombok

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Usman Munir ◽  
Khudzaifah Dimyati ◽  
Absori Absori
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Development ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Tourism Marketing ◽  
The People ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Tourism Potential ◽  
Lombok Island

Lombok is one of the islands of West Nusa Tenggara province with enormous tourism potential, from nature, beaches and culture. So that if this is developed properly it will bring prosperity to the Lombok people in particular and NTB in general. Tourism development policies have not been widely felt to bring effects to welfare to the community. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of policies and implementation of tourism development policies on tourism on the island of Lombok. Data was collected by observation and interviews. From these data, then analyzed descriptively qualitatively, the data formed becomes a description that describes a situation or event described. Based on the results of the analysis of tourism development policies in Lombok island, it is inseparable from the four tourism pillars contained in regional regulations, namely tourism, marketing, industry and institutional development. The implementation of the policy has not maximally affected the welfare of the people on the island of Lombok, and has even caused new problems in the lower classes.

scholarly journals Analysis of Strategies for Integrating Humanities with Medical Sciences in Iran from the Perspective of Humanities Experts with Convergence Sciences Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Kalateh Sadati ◽  
K Bagheri Lankarani ◽  
Z Falakodin ◽  
M Zanganeh
Keyword(s):  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Institutional Knowledge ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Literature

Introduction: Medical humanities are one of the most important interdisciplinary needs. Since the most important discussion in this field is how to achieve it, the purpose of this study is to analyze it from the perspective of humanities experts in the Iran. Method: The present study is a national wide qualitative study that was conducted in 2019. Considering the saturation criterion, data were collected through 22 semi-structured interviews and two open questionnaires from the participants. Study analysis was performed by thematic analysis method. Results: The participants were critical of the current situation of medical humanities in the country because there is no effective and serious relationship between humanities and medical sciences. To achieve this, four themes of institutional knowledge development, neighborhood (non-institutional development), policies and sociability were extracted. Conclusion: The development of medical humanities requires macro-policies in the country to be done with organizational institutional support. In these policies, proximity between the two areas and attention to the field of culture are also suggested. In this regard, it is suggested to have a native approach in returning to the traditions and roots of humanities and especially the history of literature in medical education.

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