Combating poverty: the charade of development aid

Ncayiyana, Dan

doi:10.1136/bmj.39420.432951.80

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“…Often described as backward, poor, least developed, and above all "dark" by Western and non-Western scholars and policy makers alike, Africa retains a major position as an aid recipient continent (Wamboye, Adekola and Sergi, 2014;Nothias, 2014;Adem, 2010). Historically, Africa had depended more on the West for aid over the years (Wamboye et al, 2014;Ncaylyana, 2007). Aid had often been extended to African nations by respective former colonial masters and international agencies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.…”

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TICAD: The Context of Japan’s Development Aids to Africa

Omobowale

2016

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Most of the discourse on development aid in Africa has been limited to assistance from Western countries and those provided by competing capitalist and socialist blocs during the Cold war era. Japan, a nation with great economic and military capabilities; its development assistance for Africa is encapsulated in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) initiative. The TICAD started in 1993 and Japan has so far held 5 TICAD meetings between 1993 and 2013 during which Africa’s development challenges and Japan’s development assistance to the continent were discussed. The emphasis on “ownership”, “self-help” and “partnership” are major peculiar characteristics of Japan’s development aid that puts the design, implementation and control of development projects under the control of recipient countries. This is a major departure from the usual practice in international development assistance where recipient countries are bound by clauses that somewhat puts the control of development aid in the hands of the granting countries. Such binding clauses have often been described as inimical to the successful administration of the aids and development in recipient countries. Though Japan’s development aid to Africa started only in 1993, by the 2000s, Japan was the topmost donor to Africa. This paper examines the context of Japan’s development aid to Africa by analyzing secondary data sourced from literature and secondary statistics.

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TICAD: The Context of Japan’s Development Aids to Africa

Omobowale

2016

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“…Critics of foreign aid have long argued that poverty reflects government failure and aid is used as leverage by developed nations to impose neoliberal reforms (Boone, 1996). Ncayiyana (2007) suggests that aid should be decoupled from politics. Nonetheless politics has been an overlooked area for engagement, because aid can teach us about political regimes in recipient governments.…”

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Paris in Niue: An Analysis of the Aid Effectiveness Agenda in Niue

Talagi¹

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<p>The rise of critical thinking about aid and aid effectiveness has shifted development practice towards promoting an active role for aid recipients in their development. The Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness and the five principles for effective aid sits at the core of this development agenda. The aim of this study is to investigate how the aid effectiveness agenda has influenced Niue’s development policy and practice. The Government of Niue aspires to be financially self-sufficient. It is an ambitious goal for a small nation that is heavily reliant on aid from the Government of New Zealand. Using primary and secondary sources the results suggested that the Government of Niue asserts a moderate level of effectiveness. To further improve and strengthen the delivery of services the Niue Government undertook a transformation process of the public sector. The major change resulting from this transformation was the amalgamation of over fifteen different departments into five ministries with an added layer of management. The transformation had not yielded the expected results at the time of the research but it has uncovered critical areas for the government to strengthen. These are capacity constraints within the public service, a requirement for a coordinated approach for communication internally and externally, harmonisation of development efforts, transparency and accountability, and the political backing to achieve it all. The New Zealand assistance to the Government of Niue is also analysed using the principles of the Paris Declaration. The results indicated a positive change, considerable improvements from the historical dominating tactics experienced in earlier days. The relationship between the two governments is now recognised as a partnership. The flexibility and the clear communication and dialogue has solidified the partnership which has given confidence and certainty for the Government of Niue to work towards its goal of a prosperous Niue.</p>

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