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Gu, Jing; Kitano, Naohiro

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“…The main "success" of Busan was to move the aid and development-effectiveness agenda to a new Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPECD), with a joint UN and DAC secretariat. However, the first two meetings of this group, in Mexico City in 2014 and Nairobi in 2016, were not attended by Brazil, China, India or South Africa, and power plays between the "rising south" and the DAC donors were not successfully resolved (Fues & Klingebiel, 2014;Gu & Kitano, 2018). Amid this power struggle, there is continued disquiet regarding the actual connections between growth and development (Mawdsley, 2017).…”

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Assessing the effectiveness of development co‐operation: Method matters

Hall

2020

Development Policy Review

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Motivation: The Great Aid Debate is at an impasse between those who believe aid works and those who do not. The impasse is in part because people are arguing about the answers to different questions and in part because the methods historically used are not fit for purpose. The methods have not helped advance our understanding about how and why aid works. Research questions: Are there better questions and ways of measuring effectiveness that are better suited to developing and testing theories of aid, at a level more useful for policy-makers in promoting more effective development co-operation? Approach and methods: The article reviews the literature on aid effectiveness, development effectiveness and evaluation methods. It focuses on the questions these methods aimed to answer and the methods adopted. The literature broadly covers two questions at the macro level: "Does aid work?" and "How effectively is aid managed?" and a third question at the micro level: "How effective is each aid project?" Findings: A focus on the wrong questions and/or methods at the macro level has been at the expense of explicit aid theory as opposed to development theory. The micro level is too small to be useful in informing policy. A more useful question at a meso level is: "What types of development cooperation work in which contexts and why?" A trend of systematic reviews which rely on randomized control trials (RCTs) falls into similar traps as historical measures. Theory-based evaluation approaches are more explanatory as they investigate the mechanisms by which different types of development cooperation work. Policy implications: I propose that a meso level of analysis that sits above the level of individual initiatives and draws on the explanatory powers of theory-based evaluation and mechanisms will yield more useful theories about how different types of development cooperation work. It will also provide development cooperation policy-makers insights into what types of development cooperation are more likely to work effectively in different contexts, potentially allowing them to make better decisions.

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“…Moreover, a number of "Southern" countries do not view their co-operation with other Southern countries as aid (Gore, 2013;Gu & Kitano, 2018) and prefer to consider all forms of development financing (Mawdsley, 2019). How much is included in South-South Cooperation (SSC) is not known.…”

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Assessing the effectiveness of development co‐operation: Method matters

Hall

2020

Development Policy Review

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“…New processes and practices, international dialogues, multilateral institutions and agencies, cooperative agreements have come to the fore. China as well as other emerging economies are being seen as critical players (Gu and Kitano 2018). Amidst this changing global dynamics, new avenues have opened up for South-South Cooperation including the growing influence of emerging countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS).…”

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Decentralised Cooperation and Local Government: Addressing Contemporary Global Challenges

Gupte¹,

Aslam²

2022

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At the start of the last decade, United Cities and Local Governments’ (UCLG) policy paper on Decentralised Cooperation and Local Government laid out a clear rationale for decentralised cooperation and set out recommendations to the prevalent tackle weaknesses of international development cooperation and to strengthen development effectiveness. In many ways, the paper was a forerunner in calling for stronger sustained support for South-South development cooperation particularly among countries that have undergone similar socio-economic challenges so that learnings can be shared across partners. It laid emphasis on professional structures and programme-based approaches, with clear monitoring and evaluation tools and indicators on impact and called for a sharing of objectives across local and regional governments, and their associations, committed to continuing improvement, learning and exchange. These recommendations have helped strengthen international decentralised cooperation over the past decade, and their core principles continue to be highly relevant today. In 2021, the Institute of Development Studies, UK, with support of the UCLG Capacity and Institution Building Working Group (CIB), has engaged a wide range of member governments, associations, and networks, alongside a range of external commentators and experts, to assess UCLG principles, priorities, and actions in the context of contemporary global challenges and the resulting landscape of decentralised development cooperation. Following a series of survey-based, individual, case study, and workshop interactions, the study presents key points and recommendations.

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“…China not only pursues the prosperity of its own country and people, but it also consciously coordinates the relationship between national interests and the common interests of mankind. It integrates rationally into globalisation, participates in international mechanisms, undertakes the responsibility of a responsible power in international affairs, and creates an environment conducive to the common prosperity and progress of mankind (Gu 2015;Gu and Kitano 2018;Cai 2005).…”

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Theory and Practice in China’s Approaches to Multilateralism and Critical Reflections on the Western ‘Rules-Based International Order’

Carty¹,

Gu²

2021

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China is the subject of Western criticism for its supposed disregard of the rules-based international order. Such a charge implies that China is unilateralist. The aim in this study is to explain how China does in fact have a multilateral approach to international relations. China’s core idea of a community of shared future of humanity shows that it is aware of the need for a universal foundation for world order. The Research Report focuses on explaining the Chinese approach to multilateralism from its own internal perspective, with Chinese philosophy and history shaping its view of the nature of rules, rights, law, and of institutions which should shape relationships. A number of case studies show how the Chinese perspectives are implemented, such as with regards to development finance, infrastructure projects (especially the Belt and Road Initiative), shaping new international organisations (such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank), climate change, cyber-regulation and Chinese participation in the United Nations in the field of human rights and peacekeeping. Looking at critical Western opinion of this activity, we find speculation around Chinese motives. This is why a major emphasis is placed on a hermeneutic approach to China which explains how it sees its intentions. The heart of the Research Report is an exploration of the underlying Chinese philosophy of rulemaking, undertaken in a comparative perspective to show how far it resembles or differs from the Western philosophy of rulemaking.

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Assessing the effectiveness of development co‐operation: Method matters

Assessing the effectiveness of development co‐operation: Method matters

Decentralised Cooperation and Local Government: Addressing Contemporary Global Challenges

Theory and Practice in China’s Approaches to Multilateralism and Critical Reflections on the Western ‘Rules-Based International Order’

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