Hungarian international development policy: A case for conflicted success

Tétényi, András

doi:10.4337/9781785367496.00015

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“…The government also committed itself to increasing funding for bilateral aid. The main motivation for increased interest in the policy was to use it to promote Hungarian exports to emerging and developing economies (Tétényi 2018), serving the goals of the Global Opening policy. The government significantly increased the number of scholarships for students from developing countries wanting to study in Hungary (from 6.2 million USD in 2014 to 23.8 in 2017), and also increased funding for concessional loans for infrastructure projects in developing countries, tied to procurement from Hungarian companies.…”

Section: The Erosion Of Loyalty? Rising Nationalism In Bilateral Devementioning

confidence: 99%

The Challenge from within: EU Development Cooperation and the Rise of Illiberalism in Hungary and Poland

Szent‐Iványi

Kugiel²

2020

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This article examines how the emergence of 'illiberal democracy' in Hungary and Poland has impacted the behaviour of these two countries in the EU's international development policy making processes. Adapting Hirschmann's concepts of voice, exit and loyalty, the article argues that three factors may have undermined the loyalty of these member states towards EU development policy, increasing the likelihood of them using more extreme forms of voice (vetoes) or even enact partial exits from the policy area. Erosion of loyalty is seen to be more likely if (1) illiberalism actually impacts bilateral development policies in the two countries; (2) they have poor track records in influencing EU development policy; and (3) alternatives to EU level action emerge. Applying this framework, a greater erosion of loyalty is expected in the case of Hungary than for Poland. Hungary's recent actions in EU development policy are in line with the expectations from the framework: it has increasingly been using more extreme forms of voice following the 2015 refugee crisis, while Poland has been a less 'problematic' member state in the policy area.

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Section: The Erosion Of Loyalty? Rising Nationalism In Bilateral Devementioning

confidence: 99%

The Challenge from within: EU Development Cooperation and the Rise of Illiberalism in Hungary and Poland

Szent‐Iványi

Kugiel²

2020

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“…Opportunities for Hungarian businesses were to be achieved mainly through a stronger programme of tied aid, and improvement of Hungary's visibility through a higher education scholarship programme (Stipendium Hungaricum) available to citizens of the Global South. These two major programmes finally fostered government ownership of international development policy (Tétényi, 2018). They also indicate how the government's motivations for providing foreign aid changed, with business interests firmly at the centre.…”

Section: Global Opening: 2011-2016mentioning

confidence: 98%