Aid effectiveness: Human rights as a conditionality measure

Douch, Mustapha; Edwards, T. Huw; Landman, Todd; Mallick, Sushanta

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105978

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“…While foreign aid can improve health, education, water supply, etc., which are crucial conditions for long‐term economic growth (Myrdal, 1968), it is rarely the sole cause of significant short‐term growth rates (Bird & Choi, 2020). Market opportunities, a conducive institutional environment, and political stability are also needed to create growth (Tang & Bundhoo, 2017), and the effectiveness of foreign aid in stimulating economic growth appears to increase with higher levels of institutional quality in recipient countries (Douch et al., 2022; Maruta et al., 2020).…”

Section: Migration Development and Foreign Aidmentioning

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Can European foreign aid motivate people to stay in Africa? The root causes policy debate and irregular migration

Engberg‐Pedersen,

Vammen,

Lucht

2024

Development Policy Review

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MotivationIn European policy debate, conflict, economic crisis, lack of development, population growth, and climate change are often seen as the root causes of migration from Africa. To deter irregular migration to Europe, aid has thus been directed towards these perceived causes. This seems, however, not to deter irregular migration.PurposeWe explore the discrepancy between the official discourse of root causes and insights from research on migration decisions; and how discourse and evidence relate to aid. We ask what kind of policy change is needed if aid is possibly to influence irregular migration. We focus on the motivations and drivers of migration and how development cooperation may influence these.Methods and approachConsidering African migration to Europe, we examine the official European discourse on root causes of irregular migration, highlight recent developments in the academic understanding of migration aspirations and drivers, and investigate various attempts to analyse the impact of foreign aid on assumed “root causes” and migration.FindingsMigration is influenced by drivers that differ by the specific context in which potential migrants decide to migrate or not. Aid to influence migration must be thoroughly adapted to the circumstances of potential migrants. Addressing so‐called root causes may be irrelevant to many potential migrants and will require long‐term change to have any impact. It may even increase migration in the short term. Foreign aid that adopts a blueprint regardless of context is unlikely to deter irregular migration in the short or medium term.Policy implicationsIf irregular African migration to Europe is to be deterred through development cooperation, European policymakers and development practitioners need to elaborate and differentiate between aid‐supported activities through careful understanding of the migration dynamics specific to individual localities and societies.

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Section: Migration Development and Foreign Aidmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can European foreign aid motivate people to stay in Africa? The root causes policy debate and irregular migration

Engberg‐Pedersen,

Vammen,

Lucht

2024

Development Policy Review

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“…The American Convention on Human Rights was concluded at the Human Rights Conference held in the State of Costa Rica. One of the most important features of this convention is its recognition of basic human rights and that the individual does not enjoy these rights as a result of his association with a state, but rather that their source is the person himself (Douch et al 2022). Moreover, the above convention affirms that the basic principles of human rights are flexible within the Organization of American States charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the duties of the individual in other international and regional human rights documents (Ewing 1994).…”

Section: The American Convention On Human Rightsmentioning

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Mechanisms of the Legal Protection of Human Rights in Global Regulation

Hamad

Jannial

Indriyani

2022

HRGS

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This article addressed the issue of violations and infringements by presenting a legal study of the most important human rights protection mechanisms at the level of global regulation. The scientific necessity necessitated the study of the role of international bodies in the field of human rights, through the international mechanisms for monitoring human rights and the oversight and protection system in them. The article examined that international law has provided humanity with a number of mechanisms whose application leads to the creation of a virtuous society in which all human beings enjoy peace and security and enjoy all rights on an equal footing. International law has adopted a set of mechanisms that include a set of provisions that criminalize every act that would harm a person, whether this act occurred on his body, honor, or religion. International law has also created a number of consensual mechanisms that undertake the task of supervising and monitoring the extent to which individuals and states respect and apply those provisions. To achieve the objectives of the article, doctrinal legal research methodology using a qualitative approach was adopted. This article referred to a number of international treaties, charters, and declarations related to human rights or international law, in addition to many studies that dealt with human rights in international law. The article recommended that every country in the world shall stipulate that its constitution or basic law include explicit provisions that guarantee the protection of human rights and provide the necessary guarantees for their implementation.

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“…Regional and international actors, including bilateral donors and multilateral organizations, often significantly shape public sector reform agendas in African countries (Oxman and Fretheim, 2009;African Union, 2015;Paul et al, 2018). External actors may provide support, expertise, or conditional funding to promote certain reforms, which can either facilitate or complicate development processes (Fisher, 2015;Koch, 2015;Stubbs et al, 2017;Douch et al, 2022). Donor priorities and conditionalities attached to aid and loans can influence the content and direction of reforms and IGC efforts, sometimes diverting attention from critical IGC efforts (Brown, 2005;Brown and Raddatz, 2014).…”

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Unpacking intragovernmental coordination : an interdisciplinary exploration to advance the multisectoral approach to universal health coverage in Uganda

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Aid effectiveness: Human rights as a conditionality measure

Cited by 18 publications

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Can European foreign aid motivate people to stay in Africa? The root causes policy debate and irregular migration

Can European foreign aid motivate people to stay in Africa? The root causes policy debate and irregular migration

Mechanisms of the Legal Protection of Human Rights in Global Regulation

Unpacking intragovernmental coordination : an interdisciplinary exploration to advance the multisectoral approach to universal health coverage in Uganda

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