Technical Cooperation as an Aid Modality: Demand-led or Donor-driven?

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface

PART 1: Reports

• Political Overview: Undermining Democratic Country Ownership: Embedding northern development agendas through technical cooperation? by The Reality of Aid Network International Coordinating Committee

CHAPTER 1: The role of technical assistance in bilateral donors’ and multilateral institutions’ aid

• Donor priorities for technical cooperation, drivers and implications of tied aid by Juliet Akello, Uganda Debt Network
• International financial institutions and issues in technical assistance in Manipur and North East India by Jiten Yumnam, Centre for Research and Advocacy Manipur
• Tax Inspectors Without Borders by Hernan Cortes and Tove Maria Ryding, European Network on Debt and Development
• Technical assistance to the Kyrgyz Republic, 2016 by Chinara Aitbayeva, Nash Vek PF

CHAPTER 2: Technical cooperation for infrastructure development

• Questioning the effectiveness of technical cooperation in Bangladesh by Ahmed Swapan Mahmud and Farjana Akter, Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment
• Technical assistance of multi-lateral donors in the water sector in Sri Lanka: A recipe for privatization? by Sajeewa Chamikara, Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform
• Technical, yes — but what kind of assistance?: USAID COMPETE’s PPP promotion in the Philippines by Bryan Ziadie, IBON International

CHAPTER 3: South-South experience in technical cooperation 

• Horizontal South-South bilateral cooperation experiences: Good practices in Argentina and Paraguay by Karina Cáceres, Fundación SES
• People4Change: People to people South-South cooperation by Lea Sofia Simonsen, ActionAid Denmark
• Triangular cooperation among civil society organizations in South America: Institutional strengthening in Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia by Alejandra Solla, Fundación SES Argentina; Rolando Kandel, Fundación SES; Ancelin Gautier, Fundación SES France

CHAPTER 4: Global Aid Trends, BRICS Reports, and OECD Reports 

• Global Aid Trends 2016 Financing 2030 Agenda: Where are the resources? by Brian Tomlinson, AidWatch Canada
• BRICS Reports
  1. South-South experience in technical cooperation in India by Jyotsna Mohan, Voluntary Action Network India
  2. Donor priorities for technical cooperation and tied aid by Rutendo Hadebe, University of Cape Town
• OECD Reports 
  1. European Union by Zuzana Sladkova, Concord Europe
  2. Australia’s ‘New Aid Paradigm’: Beyond ODA? by James Goodman, AidWatch Australia and University of Technology Sydney; Matt Hilton, AidWatch Australia
  3. Canada: Continuity with change? by Fraser Reilly-King, Canadian Council for International Co-operation
  4. Dramatic aid cuts and increased spending on refugees in Denmark by Kira Boe, Global Focus – Danish CSOs for Development Cooperation
  5. Development cooperation shores up efforts to rebuild Italy’s global profile by Luca De Fraia, ActionAid Italy
  6. Japan: Recent trends in aid policy and technical cooperation by Akio Takayanagi, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation
  7. Republic of Korea: A new model for rural development?: Limits and problems of Saemaul Undong (SMU) ODA by Mihyeon Lee, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
  8. Aid 2.0? A new strategy for UK aid by Amy Dodd, UK Aid Network
  9. The state of US foreign assistance by Alicia Phillips Mandaville and Christina Hoenow, InterAction

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Rethinking Partnerships in a Post-2015 World: Towards Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable Development

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Preface

PART 1: Reports 

• Political Overview: A New Global Partnership for Ending Poverty and Inequality by The Reality of Aid Network International Coordinating Committee

CHAPTER 1: Principles and practices of partnerships

• A Partnership with Fragile States: Lessons from the Belgian development cooperation in the Great Lakes Region 
  Bart Tierens and Thijs Van Laer, 11.11.11- The Coalition of Flemish North South Movement
• Harnessing partnerships for participatory development and transformative change 
  Christopher John Chanco, IBON International                                                                                                                          
• Partnership or power play? Australia’s relationship with Papua New Guinea                                  
  Thulsi Narayanasamy and Claire Parfitt, AID/WATCH Australia    
• Japan: Partnership at a turning point
  HAYASHI (ONTOKU) Akihito, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC)

 CHAPTER 2: A changing aid and finance architecture and development partnerships 

•  A Changing Landscape for Partnerships: The Australian NGO experience 
  Chris Roche, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Linda Kelly, Praxis Consulting
• Post-2015 Partnerships: Shared benefits with the private sector? 
  Shannon Kindornay, Adjunct Research Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
• Prototypes for Effective Partnerships: Development cooperation in Mozambique 
  Taurai Chiraerae, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
• Making South-South Cooperation Partnerships Work for Africa: A situational analysis and policy recommendations 
  Vitalice Meja, Reality of Aid Africa

CHAPTER 3: Defining the post-2015 world: What roles for inclusive rights-based partnerships? 

• The Regional Agenda for Post-2015 Development and Strategic Partnerships 
  Laura Becerra Pozos, Equipo Puebla/Asociaci6n Latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Pramoción at Desarollo, AC (ALOP)
• “Development Platform of the Americas”: Unions Defining their Own Development Model “
  Kjeld Jacobsen, Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA)
• Beyond lip service on mutual learning: The potential of CSO and think-tank partnerships for transforming Rising Powers’ contributions to sustainable development 
  Alex Shankland and Jennifer Constantine, Institute of Development Studies
• A Post-2015 Drive for Universal Access to Water and Sanitation 
  Leo Atakpu, Africa Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation
• Redefining Partnership: The need for a holistic approach for effective development partnership in Bangladesh 
  Ahmed Swapan Mahmud and Farjana Akter, VOICE Bangladesh

CHAPTER 4: Global Aid Trends, BRICS Reports and OECD Reports

• Global Aid Trends: Fit for Purpose: ODA and the Financing of the Post-2015 Development Agenda by Brian Tomlinson, AidWatch Canada
• BRICS Reports 
  1. Brazil Picking and Choosing: Contributions of Brazilian cooperation to more horizontal post-2015 partnerships by Bianca Suyama and Melissa Pomeroy, Articulação SUL
  2. India Understanding the South-South Cooperation Dynamic in Relation to India’s Aid Policy by Harsh Jaitli and Jyotsna Mohan, Voluntary Action Network India (VANI)

• OECD Reports

1. Australia Economic growth the panacea for poverty by Thulsi Narayanasamy and Claire Parfitt, AID/WATCH Australia
2. Belgium Qualitative reforms, despite declining aid expenses by Bart Tierens, Wiske Jult, Thijs Van Laer, Jan van de PoeI, 11.11.11- The Coalition of Flemish North South Movement
3. Canada Big changes and challenges, with new partnerships ahead of 2015 by Fraser Reilly-King, Canadian Council for International Co-operation
4. Denmark New legal framework in Denmark- and a focus on fighting tax-evasion by Hannah Brejnholt Tranberg, ActionAid Denmark; Lars Koch, Ibis; Mathias Ljørring and Kira Boe, Global Focus
5. Finland Development policy towards 2015: downhill ODA by Pauliina Saares, Kepa
6. France A law,but still no changes in France’s international development and solidarity policy by Gautier Centlivre, Coordination SUD
7. Italy Overhauling its development cooperation system in search for a fresh start by Luca De Fraia, ActionAid Italy
8. Japan Japan’s Ongoing Revision of the “ODA Charter”: CSOs Opposing Securitization of ODA by Akio Takayanagi, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation 
9. The Netherlands Development aid and new partnerships by Youssef Rahman, Oxfam Novib
10. New Zealand Aotearoa New Zealand: Public-Private Partnerships and Aid by Stacey Hitchcock and Adele Broadbent, Council for International Development
11. United Kingdom A new vision for development? by Amy Dodd, UK Aid Network

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Aid and the Private Sector: Catalysing Poverty Reduction and Development?

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Preface

PART 1: Reports

• Political Overview: Aid and the Private Sector: A Catalyst for Poverty Reduction? by The Reality of Aid International Coordinating Committee

CHAPTER 1: Public Development and the Private Sector

• Investing in the “business” of development – Donor approaches to engaging the private sector by Shannon Kindornay, The North-South Institute and Fraser Reilly – King, Canadian Council for International Co-operation
• Private profit for public good? Can investing in private companies deliver for the poor? by Joroen Kwakkenbos, EURODAD
• Aid for the Latin America Investment Facility: Clarity on private sector and focus towards SMEs by Toni Sandell, APRODEV and Gustavo Hernandez, ALOP

CHAPTER 2: Frameworks to Enable Positive Development Practice

• Development Assistance and Private Sector in Mexico by Laura Becerra Pozos and Oscar Pineda Tellez, Deca Equipo Pueblo/ALOP
• Australia’s Mining for Development Initiative: Blurring the Boundaries Between Private Profit and Public Development by Claire Parlift, Gareth Bryant and Liz Barrett, AID/WATCH
• Private Sector in Development: The invisible return of the invisible hand by Jan Dereymaeker, International Trade Union Confederation 
• Corporate Social Responsibility in Peru: An analysis from Non Government Organizations by Eduardo Toche, Centro de Estudios y Promocion del Desarrollo – DESCO

CHAPTER 3: Appraising Development Results

• What’s in it for development? Assessing the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries’ (BIO) Development Outcomes by Jan Van de Poel, 11.11.11 – Coalition of Flemish North South Movement
• Mass Transport and Development in the Philippines: Privatizing the rail transit system by Arnold Padilla, IBON Foundation
• Private Sector in Development: Infrastructure challenges and opportunities for Africa by Fanwell Kenala Bokosi, PhD and Tauri Chiraerae, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development
• Does private sector focus on real development in Bangladesh? by Ahmed Swapan Mahmud and Farjana Akter, VOICE

CHAPTER 4: Global Aid Trends, BRICS Reports and OECD Reports

• Global Aid Trends: A Growing Donor Private Sector Orientation in Multistakeholder Aid Architecture by Brian Tomlinson, AidWatch Canada
• BRICS Reports
  1. Emerging Brazilian cooperation: Reflection on its parameters and public-private bounderies by Vera Masagao, Abong (Brazilian NGO Platform), Bianca Suyama, and Luara Lopes, Artculacao, SUL (South-South Cooperation Research and Policy Centre)
  2. Aid and the Private Sector: A study in the context of India by Sagarika Chowdhary, Balendushekhar Mangalmurty and Anil K Singh, South Asian Network for Social and Agricultural Development (SANSAD)
• OECD Reports
  1. Focus on Market-Driven Economic Development Undermines Aid Effectiveness by Liz Barett and Claire Parfitt, AID/WATCH
  2. New Perspective After Two Years of Standstill by Koen Detavernier, Jan Van de Poel & Garet Ysewyn, 11.11.11 – The Coalition of Flemish North South Movement
  3. A New Era for Canadian Aid – But is fighting Poverty in the Mix? by Fraser Reilly-King, Canadian Council for International Co-operation
  4. European Union Institutions by CONCORD AidWatch Europe
  5. Implementing consistent policies in the fight against poverty and inequality by Flore Tixier, Coordination SUD
  6. Transformation of the Finnish Development Policy: The private turn by Matti Ylonen, PhD Researcher, World Politics, University of Helsinki
  7. More private engagement – less poverty reduction? by Tobias Hauschild, Oxfram Germany, and Jana Rosenboom, German Association of Development NGOs 
  8. The struggle to arrest the decline in the Italian development cooperation by Damiano Sabuzi and Luca De Fraia, ActionAid Italy
  9. Japan’s Aid: A Real Kizuna? by Akio Tokayanagi, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation
  10. Infrastructure-Oriented ODA policy and increasing role of private sector in development cooperation by Yun Ji Young, ODA Watch and Mihyeon Lee, Peoples’ Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
  11. A proud deliverer of development aid with some concerns on policy coherence by Chris Dahm, Cercle de Cooperation des ONG de developpement
  12. Development aid and private sector by Sasja Bokkerink and Steffie Verstappen, Oxfam Novib
  13. Aotearoa New Zealand: Abrupt changes challenges CSOs by Anna Hamer-Adams & Perdam Pirnia, Council for International Development
  14. Improving transparency, challenges with emphasis on the private sector by Peter Sorbom, for Diakonia and Forum Syd
  15. Swiss Parliament finally agrees to increase ODA by Nina Schneider, Alliance Sud – Swiss Alliance of Development Organisations
  16. U.S. Foreign Assistance in 2012: Effectiveness, Ownership, and the Private Sector by William Merrow, InterAction

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Aid and Development Effectiveness: Towards Human Rights, Social Justice and Democracy

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface

PART 1: Reports

• Political Overview: Towards Development Effectiveness
  The Reality of Aid Management Committee

CHAPTER 1: Human Rights, Justice, Gender Equality and Sustainability 

• Introduction
• Rights In Sight: Bringing Practical Meaning to Human Rights-Based Development in Australia
  Sarah Winter, Australian Council for International Development
• Challenges in EU-Latin America Development Cooperation
  Alberto Croce, Foundation SES ? Argentina Latin American Network on Debt, Development and Human Rights
• Women’s Rights and Development Effectiveness in Kyrgyzstan
  Nurgul Djanaeva, Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan
• Australian REDD Aid to Indonesia – Ineffective and Unjust
  James Goodman, Aidwatch and Ellen Roberts, Friends of the Earth Australia
• Aid in Fiji at a Time of Political Crisis
  Kevin J. Barr, Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy
• Canada’s ODA Accountability Act: Legislating for Canadian ODA to Focus on International Human Rights Standards
  Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation

CHAPTER 2: Participatory Institutions of Democratic Ownership

• Introduction
• Development Aid: Is There Space for the Poor to Participate in Zambia?
  William Chilufya, Civil Society for Poverty Reduction
• Paris In Bogotá: The Aid Effectiveness Agenda and Aid Relations in Colombia
  Rosemary McGee and Irma García Heredia, Asociation Latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Promotion al Desarollo, AC
• Nicaragua: A Testing Ground for Aid Effectiveness Principles
  Toni Sandell, KEPA, the Service Centre for Development Cooperation
• Good Governance for Development Effectiveness in India
  Anil K Singh, South Asian Network for Social and Agricultural Development
• Positioning Environmental Equity at the Heart of Development Effectiveness
  Suranjan Kudithuwakku, Green Movement of Sri Lanka
• Environmental and Social Impact of the San Roque Dam
  Arnold Padilla, IBON Foundation

CHAPTER 3: Aid Architecture in Support of Development Effectiveness

• Introduction
• The Potential Roles of African Union Mechanisms in Aid Accountability and Effectiveness
  Akongbowa Bramwell Amadasun, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development
• The Reality of Aid Partnerships in Africa
  Edward Ssenyange, Uganda Debt Network
• Development Effectiveness? EU Donor Division of Labour and Gender Equality in Southern Countries
  Lois Woestman, Women in Development Europe Network
• Reforming Public Procurement Systems for Development Effectiveness
  Bodo Ellmers, European Network on Debt and Development

CHAPTER 4: Global Aid Trends and OECD Reports

• Crisis Management: An Analysis of Global Aid Trends
  Brian Tomlinson, Reality of Aid Network Management Committee
• Australia Meeting Commitments in Uncertain Times: The New Government’s Approach to Aid
  Australian Council for International Development
• Belgium Wait and See: Initial Commitments to be Implemented?
  Ineke Adriaens, 11.11.11 ? Coalition of the Flemish North-South Movement
• Canada Declining Aid Performance as Government Freezes ODA
  Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation
• Denmark 
  Laust LethDiminishing Danish Aid? Gregersen, CONCORD-Danmark
• European Commission Towards European Commission Development Effectiveness and Policy Coherence
  Louisa Vogiazides with Visa Tuominen and Hélène Debbari, Eurostep
• Finland Finnish Development Cooperation: A Shift Towards More Donor-Driven Aid?
  Miia Toikka, KEPA
• France France Failing to Meet Commitments
  Katia Herrgott, Coordination Sud
• Germany German Aid: Off-Target
  Klaus Schilder, Terre des Hommes-Germany and Birgit Dederichs-Bain, Welthungerhilfe
• Ireland New Effectiveness Policies, Less Aid to Spend
  Olive Towey, Concern Worldwide
• Italy The Italian Paradox: New Aid Strategies, But Decreasing Public Investment
  Iacopo Viciani, ActionAid
• Japan Japanese Aid: In Transition After a Long Decline
  Hayashi Akihito, Japan NGO Network for International Cooperation
• Korea Korea Joins the Big League with a Donor-centric Approach
  Lee Tae Joo, ODA WATCH-Korea
• Netherlands Dutch Aid: Risk of Cuts and Lower Priority to Health
  Esmé Berkhout and Sasja Bökkerink, Oxfam Novib
• New Zealand The Reality of Aid in New Zealand, 2010
  Pedram Pirnia, New Zealand Council for International Development
• Spain In the Champions League?: Spain and the Challenges of More Efficient Aid
  Deborah Itriago and Irene Milleiro, Intermón Oxfam
• Sweden Sweden: A High Performer with Worrying Indications
  Peter Sörbom, for Diakonia and Forum Syd
• Switzerland Increasing Swiss ODA: Yes, We Can’t
  Michèle Laubscher, Alliance Sud – Swiss Alliance of Development Organisations
• United Kingdom Trends and Challenges for UK Aid
  Gideon Rabowitz, UK Aid Network
• United States of America The Reality and Uncertainties of US Foreign Assistance Reform
  Kimberly Darter, InterAction

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Aid Effectiveness: Democratic Ownership and Human Rights

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Acknowledgements

PART 1: Overview 

• Introduction
  Antonio Tujan, Jr., Reality of Aid
• Political Overview
  The Reality of Aid Management Committee

CHAPTER 1: Aid Relationships Have Not Changed 

• Introduction
• Aid is Power – The Challenge for CSOs and Democratic Ownership
  Don Marut, INFID
• Aid Conditionality and Democratic Ownership
  Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, VOICE
• Australian Aid to Papua New Guinea: Change Without Change
  Kate Wheen and Flint Duxfield, Aid/Watch
• The Gilbel Gibe II Hydroelectrical Project- A Case of Super-Tied Aid
  Caterina Amicucci, CRBM
• Women’s Empowerment and the New World of Microedit Evangelism
  Kavaljit Singh, PIRC
• Democratic Ownership of Aid in the Philippines
  Sonny Africa, IBON Foundation

CHAPTER 2: The IFIs Have Significant Responsibility for the Lack of Change

• Introduction
• The Impact of IFI Conditionality on the Development Aid System
  Javier Pereira, EURODAD
• Multilateral Aid and Conditionalities: The Case of Indonesia
  Don Marut, INFID
• IFIs – The Major Barrier to Change in the Aid System
  Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, VOICE
• The World Bank in Pakistan: See No Suffering, Hear No Cries, Speak No Truth
  Mustafa Talpur with A. Ercelan and M. Nauman, PILER
• Democratic Ownership and Mutual Accountability to International Human Rights: A Reality Check of Nepal
  Gopal Siwakoti ‘Chintan’ with Rabin Subedi, NPI
• European Commission: Providing the Kind of Budget Support that is Needed?
  Sasja Bökkerink, Oxfam International

CHAPTER 3: The Paris Declaration Does Not Go Far Enough

• Introduction
• Aid and the Rights-Based Approach in the Philippines
  Sonny Africa, IBON Foundation
• Democratic Ownership and the Paris Declaration
  Thomas Hochgesang, CBM (formerly Christian Blind Mission)
• Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (Abridged from the Original)
  Roberto Bissio, TWI and Social Watch
• Barriers to Harmonization and Alignment : An African Perspective
  AFRODAD

CHAPTER 4: What is Needed for Aid Policies to Facilitate Development Outcomes for the Poorest Communities

• Introduction
• Pulling the Strings – How Donors’ Control of Aid Undermines Democratic Ownership and Accountability
  Elvira Groll, ActionAid UK
• Accountability and Managing for Results: Accountability to Whom? Who Holds Whom Accountable?
  Ngo Sothath, NGO Forum on Cambodia
• Managing for Results and Aid Effectiveness
  AFRODAD
• National Democratic Appropriation in Latin America and the Caribbean
  Mauricio Gómez Lacayo
• International Development Cooperation: A New Global Public Good
  Ruben Fenandez, Corporación Región and ALOP
• Aid Effectiveness and Gender Equality
  Cecilia Alemany (AWID), Fernanda Hopenhaym (AWID), and Nerea Craviotto (WIDE)

CHAPTER 5: Global Aid Trends and OECD Reports

• Global Aid Trends: World Aid Trends: Donors Distorting the Reality of Aid in 2008
  Brian Tomlinson, CCIC, Reality of Aid Management Committee
• Germany: A Mixed Performance
  Peter Mucke, Terre des Hommes
• UK: Delivery Falls Short of Progressive Policies
  Elvira Groll, Elena Chiarella and Sarah Mulley, UK Aid Network
• Ireland: Bringing ODA to the Centre of Foreign Policy
  Olive Towey and Howard Dalzell, Concern
• Netherlands: A New Commitment to International Co-operation
  Arjan El Fassed, Oxfam Novib
• Austria: Aid Gap Leaves Questions Over Commitment
  Global Responsibility-Austrian, Platform for Development and Humanitarian Aid and Hilde Wipfel (KOO)
• Belgium: The Changeability of Aid
  Els Hertogen, 11.11.11 – Coalition of the Flemish, North South Movement
• Finland: Finnish Development Co-operation: Focus on Climate Change
  Matti Ylönen, KEPA (The Service Centre for Development Cooperation)
• France: French Development Cooperation: Little Leadership to be Expected on the Fight Against Poverty
  Katia Herrgott and Florent Sebban, Coordination SUD
• Italy: First Steps Towards ODA Reform After Years of Crisis
  Marco Zupi, CeSPI
• Sweden: Sweden Claims 1% Aid Achievement
  Peter Sörbom, Forum Syd in collaboration with Penny Davies, Diakonia
• Spain: Becoming a Major ODA Player
  Isabel Kreisler, Intermon Oxfam
• Switzerland: 2008: A Pivotal Year for Development Co-operation
  Michèle Laubscher, Alliance Sud – Swiss Alliance of Development Organisations
• Australia: A New Government Brings New Commitments
  Garth Luke and Pail O’Callaghan, ACFID
• Canada: Overview: Unmet Promises and No Plans to Increase Canadian ODA
  Brian Tomlinson, CCIC
• New Zealand: Good Intent Must Be Balanced with Financial Commitment
  Rae Julian, CID
• USA: Targeting State ‘Transformation’, Not Poverty Reduction
  Cheri Waters, Interaction
• Norway: Silver Clouds and Dark Linings
  John Y. Jones, Networkers SouthNorth
• European Union/European Commission: Increasing Budget Support, But Slow on Participation
  Simon Stocker, Eurostep in cooperation with Mirjam van Reisen and Ben Moore, EEPA

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PART 3: Directories

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Focus On Conflict, Security And Development World Poverty

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Acknowledgements

PART I: Introduction

• Introduction
  Antonio Tujan, Jr., Reality of Aid
• Political Overview
  The Reality of Aid Management Committee

PART II: Africa

• Youth, Conflict, Security and Development
  Dr. Yakubu Zakaria, Foundation for Grassroots Initiative in Africa
• A Critique to the Efficacy of Providing AID to Africa’s Peace Security Agenda
  Dr. Martin R. Rupiya, Institute for Security Studies
• Intra-State Conflict and the Role of Development Aid: The Greater Horn of Africa and the Ivory Coast
  Lee M. Habasonda, Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD)
• Securitization of Development Aid
  Ayodele Aderinwale, Africa Leadership Forum

PART III: Asia

• Alternative Priorities
  Dr. Sanaa Abou Chacra, Arab NGO Network for Development
• Nepal: The Militarization of Foreign Aid
  Gopal Siwakoti “Chintan” and Neeru Shrestha, Nepal Policy Institute
• Aid and Conflict: The Philippine Case
  Arnold Padilla, IBON Foundation

PART IV: Latin America

• Security Development Cooperation and Conflict: the Colombian Case
  Mauricio Katz, PNUD
• United States Security Cooperation Policy in Latin America
  Adam Isacson, Center for International Policy
• International Cooperation and Security
  Diego Garcia-Sayan, Inter-American Court of Human Rights

PART V: OECD

• The Link between Arms Sales and Development
  Debbie Hillier , Oxfam-UK
• US Aid: Through a National Security Lens
  Adrienne Paul Elwell, Interaction
• Australian Aid: Promoting Insecurity?
  Tim O’Connor, Sharni Chan and Dr. James Goodman, Aidwatch
• Japan’s ODA at a Crossroad: Counter-terrorism or Poverty Eradication?
  Koshida Kiyokazu,Pacific Asia Resource Center
• Dutch Aid and the Interface of Conflict, Security and Development
  Jan Ruyssenaars and Nicole Metz, Oxfam Novib

PART VI: World Aid and Donor Reports

• Shifting Trends: ODA, Global Security and the MDGs
  Arnold Padilla, Ibon Foundation and Brian Tomlinson, CCIC
• Australia
  Garth Luke, ACFID
• Belgium
  Han Verleyen, 11.11.11, Coalition of the Flemish North South Movement
• Canada
  Erin Simpson and Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC)
• Denmark
  Jesper Heldgaard, freelance journalist, and Lars Anderskouv, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke
• Europe
  Mikaela Gavas, BOND
• Finland
  Tytti Nahi & Miia Toikka, KEPA – Service Centre for Development Cooperation
• France
  Katia Herrgott and Régis Mabilais, Coordination SUD
• Germany
  Peter Mucke, Terre des hommes, Germany
• Ireland
  Howard Dalzell, Concern Worldwide
• Italy
  Marco Zupi / Carlotta Aiello, Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale (CeSPI)
• Japan
  Tatsuya Watanabe, JANIC
• Netherlands
  Nicole Metz, Oxfam Novib
• New Zealand
  Ewan Morris, Council for International Development/ Kaunihera m te Whakapakari Ao Whänui
• Norway
  Gunnar Garbo, The Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development
• Portugal
  Luis Mah, OIKOS
• Spain
  Marta Arias and Irene Milleiro, Intermón Oxfam
• Sweden
  Jerker Thorsell, Forum Syd, with Lindsey Weber, Life and Peace Institute
• Switzerland
  Michèle Laubscher, Alliance Sud (formerly Swiss Coalition)
• UK
  Giorgiana Rosa, BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development)
• US
  Dr. Allen Jones and Seth Nickinson, InterAction

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Focus on Governance and Human Rights

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Acknowledgments

Participating Agencies

PART I: Introduction

• Introduction
  Antonio Tujan Jr, IBON
• Political Overview
  Reality of Aid Network

PART II: Africa

• Governance and promotion of human rights in international cooperation
  Opa Kapijimpanga, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
• Re-thinking aid: Development cooperation in a multilateral crisis
  Edward Oyugi, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
• The poverty reduction growth facility, poverty reduction strategies and development aid
  Nelson Nyangu, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
• West Africa: Donor conditions aid increasing poverty
  Leo Atakpu, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ)
• Tanzania: Partnership produces some best practice on aid management
  B M Elikana and J K G Mapunjo

PART III: Asia/Pacific and the Middle East

• Fiji and the Pacific: Competing paradigms of good governance, human rights and democracy
  Kevin J. Barr MSC, Ecumenical Center for Research and Advocacy (ECRA)
• Indonesia: Governance within the Consultative Group On Indonesia: Partnership or domination?
  Sugeng Bahagijo, International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID)
• Japan: Security and development as an emerging issue
  Koshida Kiyokazu, Pacific Asia Resource Center (PARC)
• Nepal: How donors reject governance and human rights: two case studies of hydropower and water supply projects in Nepal
  Gopal Siwakoti `Chintan’, Nepal Policy Institute (NPI)
• Philippines: USAID’s AGILE: toying with governance to globalise the Philippines?
  Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo, IBON Foundation, Inc.
• Middle East: The problematics of `governance’ in the Arab experience
  Chafic Cheaib, Arab NGO Network on Development (ANND)

PART IV: Latin America

• Decentralisation processes in Latin America: achievements and challenges for international cooperation
  Felipe Caballero & Mariano Valderrama
• Empowerment of people in poverty and civil society participation in international cooperation
  Mariano Valderrama, Peruvian Citizen Proposal Group

PART V: OECD

• The Millennium Development Goals
• Governance and poverty: can the goals get donors back on track?
  Shennia Spillane, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
• Civil society participation in EC Aid: a cornerstone of good governance?
  Mikaela Gavas, BOND

PART VI: World Aid and Donor Reports

• Global pledges sacrificed to national interests
  Tony German and Judith Randel, Development Initiatives
• Australia: Security issues dominate over direct poverty reduction
  Shennia Spillane, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
• Austria
• Belgium: Concern as Foreign Affairs swallows the aid budget
  Han Verleyen, 11.11.11, Coalition of the Flemish North South Movement
• Canada: Doubling the budget is just one of the challenges
  Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC)
• Denmark: A world of difference indeed
  Jesper Heldgaard, freelance journalist, and Lars Anderskouv, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke
• EU and EC: Soft power ambitions compromising EU development aid?
  Howard Mollett, BOND
• Finland: Rights-based approach stresses participation implementation is the challenge
  Maria Suoheimo, KEPA
• France: Increases promised in a `freezing’ climate
  Amélie Canonne and Grégory Jacob, for Centre de Recherche et d’Information pour le Developpement (CRID), with translation by David Sunderland
• Germany: Stabilisation at last, but at a low level
  Peter Mucke, Terre Des Hommes Deutschland e.V.
• Ireland: Aid target missed but the outlook is positive
  Claire Martin and Howard Dalzell, Concern Worldwide
• Japan: Muted celebrations for 50 years of Japanese aid
  Tatsuya Watanabe, JANIC (board member)
• Italy: Debt reduction fails to reverse downard trend
  Carlotta Aiello, José Luis Rhi-Sausi and Marco Zupi, CeSPI
• Netherlands: Mutual interests, mutual responsibilities
  Nicole Metz, Novib/Oxfam Netherlands
• New Zealand: New agency makes poverty elimination its mission
  Rae Julian, Council for International Development/ Kaunihera mÖ te Whakapakari Ao Whänui
• Norway: Goals and focus remain but foreign policy influence grows
  Gweneth Berge, Norwegian Church Aid
• Portugal: Regression and expectation in Portuguese cooperation
  Rita Veiga, Eline Feijão, Oikos
• Spain: Steps forward on quantity, backwards on quality
  Marta Arias and Carmen González, Intermón Oxfam
• Sweden: Sweden aims for coherent approach
  Magnus Walan and Ankin Ljungman, Diakonia
• Switzerland: Joining the UN but missing the UN target
  Michèle Laubscher, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Swissaid/Fastenopfer/ Brot für alle/Helvetas/Caritas/Heks

PART VII: Reference Section

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CONTENTS

PART 1: Introduction

PART 2: Africa 

• Retracing the path to sustainability 
• Motivations for Aid
• Tied aid
• Aid and unequal trade
• Aid and politics
• Conditionality
• Undermining ownership, deepening the aid/debt trap
• The aid distortions
• Governance and aid
• The pros of development assistance
• The PRSP policy framework
• Policy observations 

by African Network on Debt and Development 23 (AFRODAD), in collaboration with Uganda Debt Network, Zambia Association for Research and Development, Partnership – Cameroon, Tanzania Social and Economic Trust, Mozambique Debt Group, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development, and Zimbabwe Women Resource Centre and Network

PART 3: Asia

• Overview – Post-crash flows fail to ease the human toll by Antonio Tujan Jr, IBON
• Japanese ODA in Indonesia – a high price for poverty by Sugeng Bahagijo, International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development (INFID), Indonesia 
• Creating the conditions for economic collapse by Goh Chien Yen, Third World Network, Malaysia 
• Trading national sovereignty – for debt by Rosario Bella Guzman, IBON 
• ODA and gender conditionality by Gertrudes A Ranjo-Libang, Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), Philippines 
• Who’s aiding whom? Poverty, conflict and ODA in Nepal by Gopal Siwakoti ‘Chintan’, Water and Energy Users Federation-Nepal 

PART 4: Latin America

• Overview – Increase masks downward trend by Federico Negrón, CEPES/ALOP
• Plan Columbia: cooperation towards war or peace? by ALOP
• Out of the Tower of Babel by Mariano Valderrama, CEPES /ALOP 
• Partnership questioned: NGOs and external conditionality by ALOP

PART 5: OECD

• Promoting ownership and gender equality by Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation
• The Asian Development Bank and conditionality by Andrew Nette, ACFOA
• When a blessing is a curse by Nancy Alexander, Globalization Challenge Initiative
• The Cotonou Agreement by Louise Hilditch, ActionAid
• Partnership and poverty-focus in tension by ActionAid

PART 6: World Aid and Donor Reports

• World aid trends: Never richer, never poorer by Tony German and Judith Randel, Development Initiatives
• Australia by Andrew Nette and Mic McClellan, ACFOA
• Austria by Elfriede Schachner, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (AGEZ)
• Belgium by Han Verleyen, 11.11.11, Coalition of the Flemish North South Movement
• Canada by Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC)
• Denmark by Lars Anderskouv, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke
• EU by Simon Stocker and Mirjam van Reisen, Eurostep
• Finland by Folke Sundman and Mark Waller, Service Centre for Development Cooperation (KePa)
• France by Amelie Canonne, Observatoire Permanent de la Cooperation Francaise (OPCF) on behalf of the Centre de Recherche et d’Information pour le Developpement (CRID)
• Germany by Birgit Dederichs-Bain, DWHH and TDH
• Ireland by Cary Gibson, Concern Worldwide
• Italy by José Luis Rhi-Sausi, Marco Zupi, Movimondo
• Japan by Akio Takayanagi, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC)
• Netherlands by Conny Heemskerk, Novib
• New Zealand by Pat Webster, Council for International Development
• Norway by Alex Borchgrevink, NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) for Norwegian People’s Aid
• Portugal by Rita Viega, Oikos
• Spain by Gonzalo Fanjul, Intermon Oxfam
• Sweden by Anders Ingelstam and Svante Sandberg, Forum Syd
• Switzerland by Peter Niggli, Swiss Coalition of Development Organisations
• UK by Belen Vazquez, ActionAid
• USA by Emira Woods, InterAction 

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