Religion und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
German Development ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Religious Actors ◽  
Development Practice

‘Development’ is controversial—as both a concept and a practice. Can religious actors open up alternative approaches to change or make development cooperation more efficient? In view of the promotion of values-based development in German development policy, this volume shows what and who ‘religious actors’ are and what contribution they should or want to make to development. Authors from politics, development practice and academia discuss the objectives, forms and problems of values-based development and present how religion-based organisations in Europe and Africa function. The exchange between the different perspectives contributes to a better understanding of the field in which religion and development overlap. With contributions by Michael Bauer, Hansjörg Dilger, Erwin Eder, Nabiela Farouq, Mohammad Härter, Christoph Hoffmann, Sabrina Khan, Sebastian Müller, Michael Plesch, Paula Schrode and Eva Spies.

Reflections on the Significance of Historical Research for Development Policy

Itinerario ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-88
Author(s):  
J.P. Pronk
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Hague

It is customary in the Netherlands to celebrate just about any happy occasion with a speech and a glass of sherry or genever. So when our first volume of essays, Expansion and Reaction, came off press in December, 1977, we invited our friends in the vicinity to hear the then Minister of Development Cooperation J.P.Pronk. We have chosen to print his remarks because they illustrate from what viewpoint government officials view our activities. Pronk is now Professor at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and M.P. for the Dutch Labour Party.

scholarly journals Governance and Sector Outcomes: Making the Connections

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derick W. Brinkerhoff ◽  
Anna Wetterberg
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Development Practice ◽  
Expected Outcomes

A critical issue in international development is how donor-funded programs can support sustainable and long-lasting changes in assisted countries. Among the factors associated with sustainability is improved governance. However, many donor-funded initiatives are focused on achieving results in specific sectors, such as health, education, and agriculture. How can how governance interventions contribute to achieving sector-specific results? This brief explores this question and discusses how international development practice has incorporated recognition of the links between governance and sector outcomes. The brief develops a stylized continuum of how governance elements relate to sector interventions and contribute to expected outcomes. We discuss factors that either impede or impel governance integration and close with some observations regarding prospects for integrated programming. The audience for the brief is the international development policy and practitioner communities, and secondarily, academics with an interest in the topic. Key take-aways include: (1) there is ample evidence of positive contributions from improved governance to sector-specific outcomes, but few guideposts exist for practical and effective governance integration; (2) barriers to integration include urgent sector priorities that overshadow governance concerns, requirements to demonstrate progress towards ambitious sector targets, and complex choices related to measurement; and (3) sustainability and self-reliance are major drivers for integration and are facilitated by the flexibility and adaptation that governance integration enables.

Human Rights in EU Development Policy

2021 ◽  
pp. 682-706
Author(s):  
Jan Wouters ◽  
Michal Ovádek
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
External Action ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Member States ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Constitutional Level ◽  
The Eu

This chapter studies the role of human rights in EU development policy. The place of human rights in development policy was solidified at the constitutional level with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, which made the promotion of human rights in all EU external action a legal obligation. As a result, different institutional mechanisms, thematic guidelines, and dedicated instruments and strategies have been put in place to consolidate a comprehensive operational framework aimed at ensuring that EU development programs advance human rights worldwide coherently and consistently. EU development policy is a shared competence, which means that both the EU and its Member States are entitled to act within this domain, as long as national actions do not undermine EU laws and positions. The sharing of competences, however, makes it more difficult for the EU to live up to the commitment of coherent and consistent promotion of human rights. In any case, substantial amount of coordination between the EU and the Member States is required in order to deliver coherence in development policy. However, the role of the EU as a normative leader in development cooperation remains subject to a multitude of long-standing criticisms and various evaluations of EU human rights policy point to a series of mixed results and missed opportunities.

Sustainable Development Practice: The Central Role of the Human Needs Language

Social Change ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-309
Author(s):  
Senkosi Moses Balyejjusa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Development Practice

Sustainable development has become a mantra in politics, academia and development policy and practice. Indeed, many policy and practice strategies, such as the sustainable development goals, have been devised in order to achieve sustainable development. Although the contents and items in these agendas are human needs, the use of ‘human needs’ language is less emphasised/explicitly spelt out. In fact, the language of human needs is almost absent. In this article, I argue that the adoption of the human needs language will strengthen sustainable development practice, efforts and agenda. This is because, unlike other aspirations, human needs by nature are universal. Secondly, human needs are limited in number compared to wants, desires, goals and capabilities. This nature of human needs makes the human needs language effective in promoting the sustainable development agenda and efforts, thus, adequately meeting the needs of the current and future generations.

Has the Theory of Change established itself as the better alternative to the Logical Framework Approach in development cooperation programmes?

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-122
Author(s):  
Lisa Ringhofer ◽  
Karin Kohlweg
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Logical Framework ◽  
Programme Theory ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
Framework Approach ◽  
Programme Planning ◽  
Development Practice

This article critically reflects on two development programme planning methodologies: the dominant Logical Framework Approach (LFA) and the Theory of Change (ToC). It reviews their conceptual origins and outlines their commonalities, differences and challenges in day-to-day development practice. The article claims that while both approaches originate from the same family of programme theory, the LFA has over the years somehow lost its analytic lens to capture social change and become more of a donor-driven performance management tool. The ToC has restored some of these analytical and engagement aspects that the LFA approach was originally designed to elicit, but some of the practical challenges remain. The authors argue for a combined use of both methodologies, if held lightly and approached from a learning and not a compliance perspective.

scholarly journals Pomoc rozwojowa jako instrument polityki zagranicznej Republiki Federalnej Niemiec

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-85
Author(s):  
Martin Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Effective Instrument

Due to its historical experience and geopolitical location, the Federal Republic of Germany is a state which uses so-called soft instruments in its foreign policy. Development aid, which has more and more often assumed the form of development cooperation over the years, is one of the most effective foreign policy instruments used by Germany.The purpose of this article is to answer the question of to what extent and in what areas is development policy an effective instrument of German foreign policy? The considerations refer particularly to liberal theory in international relations and, to some extent, to the assumptions of realism. The research methodology adopted is based on analysis of facts and selected documents. The main conclusions from the study confirm the assumption adopted in the introduction that development aid is one of the most important instruments used by Germany to influence the international environment.

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