Development Experts: The One-Eyed Giants

Goulet, Denis

doi:10.4324/9781315258003-11

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“…En matière de développement international, la majorité des travaux sur l'utilisation des experts et de l'expertise se concentrent sur les institutions et organismes internationaux de développement comme la Banque mondiale, l'Organisation des Nations Unies et le Fonds monétaire international (Goulet 1980;George et Sabelli 1994;Wade 1996;Bøås et McNeill 2003;Wilson 2006;Broad 2006;St. Clair 2006;Easterly 2013).…”

Section: I2c -Un Enjeu Social Du Développement Internationalunclassified

Ces experts qui venaient du froid : Comment des Canadiens deviennent experts en développement de l'Afrique subsaharienne

Paradis-Charette¹

2018

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Each year, hundreds of Canadian experts offer their opinions, their skills, their knowledge or know- how to implement, monitor and evaluate projects and programs aimed at developing communities in the Sub-Saharan African region. Canada is a northern country located roughly 5000 km from the nearest African shore, therefore it becomes logical to ask how foreigners can become experts in the development of African communities. Using Bourdieu's field theory, we analyze the interviews gathered in this research to show that experts must be able to accumulate, mobilize, trade or transform technological, organizational, social and expertise capitals specific to the western world. Because of that, the field of expertise in international development is in a constant struggle to reaffirm its autonomy next to the dominant fields of the western world notably the political and economical fields. /// Chaque année, des centaines d'experts canadiens offrent leurs avis, leurs compétences, leurs connaissances ou leurs savoirs-faire, afin de mettre en place, de suivre et d'évaluer des projets et des programmes destinés à développer des communautés d'Afrique subsaharienne. Le Canada étant un pays nordique situé au minimum à plus de 5000 kilomètres des côtes africaines, il devient logique de se demander comment des étrangers venus de si loin sont devenus experts du développement des communautés africaines. À partir de la théorie du champ de Bourdieu, l'analyse des entretiens menés dans le cadre de cette recherche nous indique que, pour devenir expert, il faut être en mesure d'accumuler, de mobiliser, d'échanger ou de transformer des capitaux technologiques, organisationnels, sociaux et d'expertises spécifiques à l'occident. En ce sens, le champ de l'expertise en développement international se trouve en lutte constante pour sauvegarder son autonomie vis-à-vis des champs qui dominent la société occidentale, notamment le champ économique et le champ du pouvoir.

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Section: I2c -Un Enjeu Social Du Développement Internationalunclassified

Ces experts qui venaient du froid : Comment des Canadiens deviennent experts en développement de l'Afrique subsaharienne

Paradis-Charette¹

2018

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“…Perhaps what is surprising though has been how long this blindness towards religion has lasted – only really ending in recent times. Despite calls in the development sector's leading journal more than three decades ago for the ‘one‐eyed giants’ (Goulet, ) to consider the potential value that religion institutions, religious beliefs and religious practices could add to the development sector, such interest within has only recently gained a modicum of momentum (see Clarke and Jennings, ; Ter Haar, ; Rees, ; Clarke, , ; Deneulin, ; Freeman, ; Tomalin, ). Prior to this, religion was largely excluded from the secular development sector and often seen not as a friend to development, but rather conceived, or at least treated, as a foe – something that hinders rather than helps (Clarke, ).…”

Section: Religion and Developmentmentioning

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Points of Equilibrium: Religious Beliefs and Economic Development Policy

Clarke

2016

Sustainable Development

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Eighty per cent of the world's population professes religious belief. Such beliefs provide precepts on how individuals should conduct their private lives and (often) how society should be organized. Given there are 2.1 billion Christians worldwide and 1.3 billion Muslims, understanding the religious approach to social life based on sacred texts and social teachings of Christianity and Islam has a strong relevance to those interested in implementing international economic development policies. This paper argues that religion can thus play a positive role in development and specifically support development economic policies at the international level. The purpose of this paper is not to present a fully formed development economic policy, but rather to identify teachings of the world's two largest religions -such as preferencing the poor, minimizing inequality and having the economy serve wider realms of society -that directly speak to how sustainable economic development is understood within these faith traditions and how these teachings could scaffold and support and international policy frameworks aimed to achieve sustainable economic development. Copyright

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“…The question of how development can ‘take advantage’ of religious values held by individuals and communities is therefore important. As Goulet () noted 30 years ago, religious beliefs ‘harbour within them a latent dynamism which, when properly respected, can serve as the springboard for modes of development which are more humane than those drawn from outside paradigms. When development builds from indigenous values it extracts lower social costs and imposes less human suffering and cultural destruction than when it copies outside models.…”

Section: New Possibilities: Religion and Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovative Delivery Mechanisms: Australian Aid Partnership with Churches in Papua New Guinea

Clarke

2015

J of Intl Development

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Abstract:The Australian Aid programme is currently valued at AUD5 billion. The majority of this aid flows to the Asia Pacific region with Papua New Guinea and Indonesia being the largest recipients. In addition to traditional delivery mechanisms-bilateral and multilateral-the Australian Government has piloted a small partnership activity with Churches in Papua New Guinea. This paper will consider this model and the benefit it brings. Possible extension of this partnership model to non-Christian religious faiths in other countries, such as Islamic nationwide organisations in Indonesia, is also discussed.

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Development Experts: The One-Eyed Giants

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Ces experts qui venaient du froid : Comment des Canadiens deviennent experts en développement de l'Afrique subsaharienne

Ces experts qui venaient du froid : Comment des Canadiens deviennent experts en développement de l'Afrique subsaharienne

Points of Equilibrium: Religious Beliefs and Economic Development Policy

Innovative Delivery Mechanisms: Australian Aid Partnership with Churches in Papua New Guinea

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