Development assistance was a hallmark of international activity for over
sixty years. Initially seen as a supportive activity to supplement national
efforts through provision of technical assistance and foreign exchange for
public investment, it has undergone a transformation that is leading it
increasingly to provide a kind of global public investment and management
function, linked to international norms,a
global trading and financial system as well as law enforcement and public
health. The management of this function implies new approaches and skills and
is making new demands on both international public and non-governmental
organizations. This is particularly the case at the country-level, where UN
system teams are now working under reformed methods.
Questions
covered
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- Recipient vs. donor
sovereignty (governance in international development assistance);
- The role of innovation
and NGO's in this;
- How impact of
development projects can be measured;
- Trends leading toward
a globalization of public investment;
- Growing role of
international organizations in dealing with health and social problems,
including especially crime.
- Role of UN System at
the country level
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Lecture
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Required
readings
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- Mathiason, Chapter 7
(in course Canvas)
- Lieberman, Amy, "UN
approves reforms for a more transparent, effecient
system", DEVEX, 1 June 2018
- Independent
Evaluation of the ILO's field operations and structure 2010-2016,
Executive Summary.
- Quadrennial
comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of
the United Nations system: recommendations, Report of the
Secretary-General (A/71/292/Rev.1) [Browse]
- General Assembly
resolution 72/279, Repositioning
of the United Nations development system in the context of the
quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for
development of the United Nations system
- Glenda Cooper, Reinventing
the International NGO, 8 October 2012
- CARE (browse) Annual
Report 2017 (Especially the Financial Statement)
- World Bank,
Independent Evaluation Group,World
Bank Group Engagement in Upper-Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from
IEG Evaluations, 2017. Read the summary or download the full
report.
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Recommended
readings
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- Mathiason,
Chapter 9
- Barnett
and Finnemore, Chapter 3
- World Health
Organization, WHO activities in
avian influenza and pandemic influenze
preparedness, Introduction and Conclusion (rest of report is
recommended if you are interested in the dynamics of avian influenza)
- OECD, Making
Development Co-operation More Effective, 2016 PROGRESS REPORT
- UNDP, Helen Clark: Remarks
to ECOSOC – Dialogue with Executive Heads, July 2012
- Independent
Evaluation of Delivering as One, Main Report, 2012
- World Bank,
Independent Evaluation Group, Results
and Performance of the World Bank Group 2016 , You can download or
read on line. It is worth looking
. It includes a section on how the Bank measures project
performance (using outcomes).
- Timo
Mahn and Andreas Grantner,
From
QCPR to Corporate Strategy? The 2030 Agenda and the UN Development
System, IISD/SDG Knowedge Hub, 24 October
2016
- United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, In-depth
evaluation of the United Nations Global Programme
against Money Laundering, Proceeds of Crime and
the Financing of Terrorism (GPML) (2011) - Is also discussed
in PADM 5345.
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Discussion
questions
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- To what extent is
there a contradiction between the desire of aid recipients to control
the nature of the aid they receive and the desire by donors that aid be
used for purposes they favor?
- When are NGO's better
at development assistance and when are UN system agencies? (Compare the
CARE material with the World Bank evaluations)
- How has the role of
the United Nations System at the country-level changed?
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On-line session recording
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31 October and 2 November recordings are in the course Canvas.
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