Development assistance was a hallmark of international activity for over
sixty years. Initially seen as a supportive activity to supplement national
efforts through provision of technical assistance and foreign exchange for
public investment, it has undergone a transformation that is leading it increasingly
to provide a kind of global public investment and management function, linked
to international norms,a global trading and financial system as well as law
enforcement and public health. The management of this function
implies new approaches and skills and is making new demands on both international
public
and non-governmental
organizations.
Questions covered |
- Recipient vs. donor sovereignty (governance in international
development assistance);
- The role of innovation and NGO's in this;
- How impact of development projects can be measured;
- Trends leading toward a globalization of public investment;
- Growing role of international organizations in dealing
with health and social problems.
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Lecture |
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Required readings |
- Mathiason, Chapter 9
- Lindenberg and Bryant, Chapter 4
- United Nations, Millenniuim
Development Goals and the 2008
Millennium Development Goals Report.
- The World Bank Group's Development Challenge (browse)
- World Bank, Independent Evaluation Group, Development
Results in Middle-Income Countries (2007)
- About CARE and Annual
Report 2004 (Especially the Financial Statement)
- World Health Organization, WHO
activities in avian influenza and pandemic influenze preparedness, Introduction and Conclusion
(rest of report is recommended if you are interested in the dynamics
of avian influenza)
- Triennial
Review of Operational Policy, Report of the Secretary-General (A/59/85)
- UNDP, Development
Effectiveness: Review of Evaluative Evidence, November
2003, Chapter III, "Development Effectiveness at Project Level"
- UNDP, Results-Oriented Annual Report
2002
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Recommended readings |
- Barnett and Finnemore, Chapter 3
- World Bank, Operations Evaluation Department, Annual
Review of Development Effectiveness, 2003 (Looks at the Bank's
role in implementing the Millenium Development Goals.(A pdf file, look
for it on the page and download it).
- Peterson Institute for International Economics, "China’s
Exchange Rate Policy: An Overview of Some Key Issues", presented
at Conference
on China’s Exchange Rate Policy, Peterson Institute
for International Economics, October 19, 2007. This event was organized
in preparation for the joint meeting of the World Bank and the IMF.
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Discussion questions |
- To what extent is there a contradiction between the
desire of aid recipients to control the nature of the aid they receive
and the desire by donors that aid be used for purposes they favor?
- When are NGO's better at development assistance and
when are UN system agencies? (Compare the CARE material with the World
Bank evaluations)
- To what extent is management a key to achieving a
global public finance approach?
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| On-line session |
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