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Challenges, constraints and opportunities in development cooperation. Lars Engberg-Pedersen Head of research unit on Politics and governance. 5 key contradictions in aid. Coordination versus proliferation and fragmentation Recipient ownership versus aid accountability to tax payers
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Challenges, constraints and opportunities in development cooperation Lars Engberg-Pedersen Head of research unit on Politics and governance DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
5 key contradictions in aid • Coordination versus proliferation and fragmentation • Recipient ownership versus aid accountability to tax payers • The poverty reduction objective versus the allocation of aid resources • International versus national development • Differentiation of low-income countries versus across-the-board approaches to development DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
The ideal solution • Cutting the ‘gift economy’ relations between donor and recipient countries by financing development cooperation through, e.g., international taxation. • Significantly strengthening policy coherence for development by integrating international development, economic and environmental policies. • Creating a multilateral framework for and oversight of development cooperation. DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
The contemporary world (1) • Emerging economies – the balance of economic power is tilting slowly, but surely. • How united are China, India, Brazil and South Africa? • For how long will the South-North divide dominate international politics? • How significant will the backlash in Europe and North America be? DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
The contemporary world (2) • International negotiations – from UN to G20. • Will we get a multilateral climate change deal? • When will international taxation become significant? • Will the WTO deadlock be broken? • Will a rights-based normative framework for international cooperation emerge? DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
The contemporary world (3) • Crises – fundamental institutional innovation takes place in response to crisis. • Institutional innovation will be shaped by: • The nature of the crisis • The relative strength of different interests (power) • Recent experience with institutions • Dominant ideas about how to move on DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
What to do in dev. cooperation? • Prepare the ground for action when the crisis hit. • PCD, the Paris agenda, multilateral cooperation and division of labour all point in the right direction, but cannot be implemented to the extent needed. • Create linkages with Environmental Policy Integration. • Build trust. DIIS ∙ DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES