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PAD 6057. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY & ADMINISTRATION

Spring 2011

Course: PAD 6057. International Development Policy & Administration

Time/Location: 6:10-8:00 Tuesdays, Bell Hall 106 Instructor: Sabina Schnell

Office: MPA 607 Office hours: Mondays, 4-6 pm or by appointment

Email: schnell@gwu.edu

Course Description

This course provides an institutional and policy context to prepare students for work in developing or transitioning countries. It includes a brief overview of aid flows, ethical arguments for development aid, as well as development theories and strategies, their translation into mainstream international development policies, and their implications for aid effectiveness. The course also introduces the major actors in the international development industry (multi-laterals, bi-laterals, NGOs, etc.), with special attention to US bilateral players and policies, as well as donor policies and experiences in the areas of good governance and supporting fragile states.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Have a general knowledge of key players and issues in development policy administration.

2. Critically assess mainstream development policies, reform efforts, and alternatives.

3. Understand the respective roles and comparative advantages of the major actors in the international development industry.

Course Requirements and Organization

As a seminar class, substantial emphasis will be put on collaborative discussion and analysis of assigned materials. Students are expected to do the required readings and participate fully in all class discussions. The following assignments are designed to build analytic and writing skills. Assignments are to be turned in via email.

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Research Paper (40%)

Students are required to submit a paper of 15 - 20 pages (double-spaced) on an approved topic. The papers should be analytical research papers. The paper should present and support an integrated argument based on a literature review and case analysis. For example, students may choose to apply a particular theory or approach to a specific region, country, organization, or project. The intention is to fully explore that theory or approach; the case description and analysis is a vehicle for that. Students should take care not to make the paper solely about a case; it must illuminate our understanding of the literature and practice more generally. The paper should be clearly structured with: 1) an introduction that states a clear argument (not a statement that will “explore” or “discuss” the issues) and presents a road map for the paper (i.e., introduces the structure of the paper/argument); 2) a review of the relevant literature (e.g., theory, approach, lessons known); 3) a brief description of the case or cases (e.g., region, country, organization, or project); 4) an analysis that applies the literature to the case(s) (i.e., how is the case illustrative of the literature? How does it differ?); 5) implications and conclusions (i.e., based on your findings in the analysis, what recommendations would you make for the case? What does the case tell us that we should add to our more general knowledge from the literature?); and 6) a concluding paragraph that summarizes the paper and highlights why the argument matters. The various sections should build on each other and be distinct. In other words, don’t mix new descriptive information in your analysis and don’t interject your opinions in your case description. Only information that is necessary to your argument should be included. A literature review is not about the sequential summary of different research products. Literature reviews should be integrative. They should be based on the ideas relevant to your argument, not organized around the actual publications. The policy conclusions/ recommendations should be based on your analysis of experience and cases and should offer suggestions for next steps or ways to improve the approach as applied to the situation you have chosen to study An “A” paper will be well written and must include each of these distinctive components and a well-supported argument. Portions of the paper will be due periodically during the semester as follows:

• February 8 Paper topic due • March 1 Argument statement, draft outline and preliminary bibliography

due • April 5 Draft paper due (aim for final version!)

• April 19 Final Paper Due

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Topical Analytical Critique (20%)

Students will choose one of the topics from sessions 2-13 and write a five page (double-spaced) analytical critique of the assigned readings (including recommended ones), not a research paper. Imagine your boss is going to a conference on the topic and you have to prepare a briefing about (i) the main ideas on that topics and (ii) an assessment of these ideas. The paper should be a critical essay, no more than five pages, that is clearly structured with: 1) an introduction that states a clear argument (not a statement that will “explore” or “discuss” the issues) and presents a road map for the paper (i.e., introduces the structure of the paper/argument); 2) a brief summary of the material you will critique; 3) an analysis of these that builds support for (i.e., “proves”) your argument; and 4) a concluding paragraph that summarizes the paper and highlights why the argument matters. An “A” paper will be well-written and must include each of these components and a well-supported argument. The paper is due on the day of class. An oral presentation of your analysis of 7 - 10 minutes will lead off the class discussion. Where more than one student is covering the class, you will have to coordinate and give a joint presentation. Use of power-point is recommended. Power-point presentations should be submitted the latest 12 pm the day of class.

Country Strategy (25%)

For a country and an organization of your choice, imagine your boss wants a 8-10 page (double-spaced) brief on the main development challenges of that country and recommendations for your organization’s involvement in that country. The country brief should cover the following issues: very short presentation of the organization for which you are writing the brief (your “employer”) – its goals, expertise etc; a short historical background of the country of your choice; identification of the main development challenges in the country – including the country’s own assessment of them; short overview of other key donor activities in the country; recommendations for “your” agency about a coherent country strategy, which includes goals, intervention areas and types etc.. Be careful to offer a justification/ argumentation for your choices, i.e. explain on what grounds you chose the goals and interventions you recommend (e.g. efficiency, equity, sustainability, your organization’s comparative advantage, stakeholder demands etc.. There are many possible arguments!) You are encouraged to contact “your agency” and ask about their country planning processes, strategy papers etc., as well as use their website to gather information. However, don’t limit yourself only to information from the organization of your choice. Additional sources for the country brief should include the country’s own strategies, other donors’ reports/ assessments and academic literature. It should make use of statistics and data (e.g. on key development indicators, aid flows, activities of other donors etc.) where available. There is no strict guideline on how many sources to use, but a paper with less than five references will not be considered!

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As for the other assignments, an “A” paper will be well written and must include each of these components and a well-supported argument. Countries and organizations chosen should be communicated to instructor by March 1st. The paper is due on April 24.

Class participation (15%)

As a seminar class, substantial emphasis will be put on collaborative discussion and analysis of assigned materials. Students are expected to do the required readings and participate fully in all class discussions. If you are not present in class you cannot participate, thus every class missed will reduce your participation grade by one grade unit (i.e. from A to A-, A- to B+ etc.). One or two classes missed for health, family or other emergencies can be excluded from this rule with the instructor’s permission.

All assignments should be submitted electronically (per email to schnell@gwu.edu) on the due date. No hard copies! Papers can be submitted until 11.59 pm on the due date. Without prior approval, late work is reduced by one grade unit for every two days (or parts thereof) that it is late (i.e. from A to A-, A-to B+, B+ to B etc.).

Breakdown for Grading

Final grades for this course will be based on the following:

Class Participation 15% Analytical Critique and Presentation 20% Research Paper 40% Country Strategy Brief 25%

Letter grade distribution will be based on standard percentages (e.g. 90-100 = A; 80-90 = B; 70-80 = C, etc.). The readings and other useful resources for class will be available on Blackboard.

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Schedule

1. Jan. 11th – Introduction

Required

Thomas, A. (2000). Development as practice in a liberal capitalist world. Journal of international development, 12(6), 773.

Recommended Esteva, G. (1992). “Development.” In Sachs, W. (Ed.), The Development Dictionary: A

Guide to Knowledge as Power. London & New Jersey: Zed Books Ltd., 1992: 6-17.

Cooke, B. (2001). From colonial administration to development management. IDPM Discussion Paper Series Working Paper No. 63. http://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/idpmgd/30562.html

2. Jan. 18th – Development Theories

Required

So, A. Y. (1990). Social Change and Development: Modernization, Dependency, and World-System Theories. Newbury Park: Sage Publications.

o Chapter 2, 17-18, 33-37 o Chapter 5, 91-93, 95-98, 104-109

o Chapter 8, 169-173, 180-187, 192-199 o Conclusion, 261-263

McKay, J. (2004). Reassessing Development Theory. In: Kingsbury, D., Remenyi, J., McKay, J. & Hunt, J. (2004). Key Issues in Development. Ney York, NY: Palgrave Macmillian.

Crocker, DA. (1991). Toward Development Ethics. World Development, 19(5), 457-483.

Weaver et al. (1997). “Development Strategies,” Chapter 3 in Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development. West Hartford: Kumarian Press,: 58-80.

Recommended Weaver et al. (1997). The Concept of Broad-Based Sustainable Development. AND

Forty Years of Economic Development. Chapter 1 AND Chapter 2 in Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development. West Hartford: Kumarian Press,: 13-57.

Ingham, B. (1993). The Meaning of Development: Interactions Between “New” and “Old” Ideas. World Development, 21(11), pp. 1803-1821.

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3. January 25th – Development Ethics

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Caney, S. (2001). Review Article: International distributive justice. Political Studies, 49, 974-997

Cornwall, A., & Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2004, December). Putting the 'rights-based approach' to development into perspective. Third World Quarterly, 25(8), 1415-1437.

World Bank (2006). Overview AND Chapter 10. Achieving greater global equity. In: World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development, p. 1-17 AND p. 206-223. Available at: http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469372&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000112742_20050920110826 [you can skip the specific recommendations for national policies, p. 11-15]

Pogge, T. (2005). World Poverty and Human Rights Ethics. International Affairs. 19(1), 1-7.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml

Recommended

Noel, A. & Therien, J. (1995). From Domestic to International Justice: The Welfare State and Foreign Aid. International Organization, 49(3), 523-553.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm

Declaration on the Right to Development http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/41/a41r128.htm

Institute for Development Studies (2003, May). The rise of rights. Rights-based approaches to international development. IDS Policy Brief, Issue 13. Available online at: http://www.ids.ac.uk/download.cfm?objectid=DDB9E54A-5056-8171-7BD508C832A54C3D

Nelson, P. J. & Dorsey, E. (2003). At the Nexus of Human Rights and Development: New Methods and Strategies of Global NGOs. World Development, 31(12), 2013-2026.

Gready, P. (2008). Rights-based approaches to development: What is the value-added? Development in Practice, 18(6), 735-747

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4. February 1st - Development Finance

NOTE: Supplementary human rights readings – required [an additional article might be added]

Many rights, some wrong. The Economist, March 22nd, 2007, http://www.economist.com/node/8888792

Kinzer, S. End Human Rights imperialism now, The Guardian, December 31st, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/dec/31/human-rights-imperialism-james-hoge

Required Lancaster, C. (2007). Why Foreign Aid? Setting the Stage. Chapter 1. In: Foreign Aid.

Diplomacy, Development and Domestic Policies., p. 1-18. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

Clemens, M.A. & Moss, T.J. (2005). Ghost of 0.7%: Origins and Relevance of the International Aid Target. CGD Working Paper Number 68. Available online at: http://www.cgdev.org/files/3822_file_WP68.pdf

WB (2005). Chapter 5. Meeting the Financing Needs of Poor Countries. In: Global Development Finance 2005. Available online at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGDF2005/Resources/gdf05_ch5.pdf

Kharas, H. (2007). Trends and issues in development aid. Wolfensohn Center for Development Working Paper 1. Available at: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/11_development_aid_kharas/11_development_aid_kharas.pdf

Green, D. (2008). Why my wife is half-right on the Tobin Tax. Blog entry on From Poverty to Power, available at: http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=97

Browse

CGD – Commitment to Development Index (http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/cdi/)

Monterrey Consensus: http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/monterrey/MonterreyConsensus.pdf Doha Declaration: http://daccess-ods.un.org/TMP/1882734.html

Oversees Development Institute (ODI) comment on Doha Conference: http://blogs.odi.org.uk/blogs/main/archive/2008/12/02/5720.aspx

Recommended Lesage, D., McNair, D., & Vermeiren, M. (2010). From Monterrey to Doha: Taxation

and financing for development. Development Policy Review, 28(2), Sundberg, M. & Gelb, A. (2006). Making Aid Work. The end of the cold war and

progress toward a new aid architecture should make aid more effective. Finance & Development, 43(4). Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2006/12/sundberg.htm

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Thomsen, L. (2008). Shifting financial flows to low-income countries: from official aid to private finance. Danish Institute for International Studies. - Copenhagen : DIIS, 2008. http://www.diis.dk/sw67866.asp?csref=RSS

Hudson Institute (2010). The Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances 2010. Washington DC: The Hudson Institute, http://www.hudson.org/files/pdf_upload/Index_of_Global_Philanthropy_and_Remittances_2010.pdf

Kragelund, P. (2008). The return of non-DAC donors to Africa: New prospects for African development? Development Policy Review, 26(5), 555-584

Brookings comment on Doha Declaration: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/1205_development_kharas.aspx?emc=lm&m=220517&l=26&v=976029

EURODAD comment on Doha Declaration: Leaders in Doha fail to agree significant development finance reforms. 02 December 2008. http://www.eurodad.org/whatsnew/articles.aspx?id=3188

5. Feb. 8th - Development Strategies 1 – The Washington Consensus

Required Gore, C. (2000). The Rise and Fall of the Washington Consensus as a Paradigm for

Developing Countries. World Development, 28(5), 789-804.

Williamson, J. (2000). “What Should the World Bank Think about the Washington Consensus? ” The World Bank Research Observer, 15(2), 251–64.

Rodrik, D. (2006). Good Bye Washington Consensus, Hello Washington Confusion? Journal of Economic Literature, 44(4), 973-987.

Stiglitz, J. (1998). Toward a new paradigm for development: strategies, policies and processes. Prebisch Lecture, UNCTAD, Geneva, 19 October, 1998. Available online at: siteresources.worldbank.org/NEWS/Resources/prebisch98.pdf

Green, D. (2010, July 2nd). A surprising World Bank recipe for industrial policy: new proposal from Justin Lin, Blog entry on From Poverty to Power, http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=2910

Recommended

Broad, R. & Cavanaugh, J. (2006, Summer). The Hijacking of the Development Debate: How Friedman and Sachs Got it Wrong. World Policy Journal, 21-30.

ODI (2008). Pro-poor growth and development. Linking economic growth and poverty reduction. ODI Briefing Paper 33. http://www.odi.org.uk/go?where=bp33

Rodrik, D. (2001). Development Strategies for the 21st Century. In: World Bank (2001). Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2000. Draft paper available at: http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~drodrik/devstrat.PDF

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6. February 15th - Major Actors and instruments 1: government-based actors (bilaterals, multilaterals)

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Kanbur, R. (2001). Economic Policy, Poverty and Distribution. The Nature of the Disagreements. World Development, 29(6), 1083-1094

Wade, R. H. (2001). Making the World Development Report 2000: Attacking Poverty. World Development, 29(8), 1435-1441.

EURODAD. (2006). Executive Summary. In: World Bank and IMF conditionality: a development injustice, Available at: http://www.eurodad.org/aid/report.aspx?id=130&item=0454

Stein, H. (2008). Africa and the making of adjustment. How economists hijacked the Bank's agenda. Bretton Woods Project Update 62, www.brettonwoodsproject.org/update/62/bwupdt62_ai.pdf

Ramachandran, V., Rueda-Sabater, E., & Kraft, R. (2009). Rethinking fundamental principles of global governance: How to represent states and populations in multilateral institutions. Governance, 22(3), 341-351.

Bertin Martens. (2005). Why do aid agencies exist? Development Policy Review, 23(6), 643.

Paulo, S., & Reisen, H. (2010). Eastern donors and western soft law: Towards a DAC donor peer review of China and India? Development Policy Review, 28(5), 535-552

Recommended: Pender, J. (2001). From ‘Structural Adjustment’ to ‘Comprehensive Development

Framework:’ Conditionality Transformed? Third World Quarterly, 22(3), 397-411.

Ghai, D. (2008). UN contributions to development thinking and practice. Development in Practice, 18(6), 767-773.

van Donge, J. (2007). Flexible SWAps for Strategic Policy-making: Reflections on the Zambian Experience. Development Policy Review, 25(4), 473-494.

World Bank. (2001). Executive Summary. In: Adjustment Lending Retrospective: Final Report. Washington, DC: World Bank Operations Policy and Country Services, vii-xviii. Available at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/PROJECTS/Resources/ALR06_20_01.pdf

World Bank Operations Evaluation Department. (2004). Development Policy Reform. Chapter l in: 2003 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness-The Effectiveness of Bank Support for Policy Reform, p. 1-11. Available at: http://lnweb90.worldbank.org/oed/oeddoclib.nsf/DocUNIDViewForJavaSearch/3D82DE51D6B462DA85256E69006BD181/$file/arde_2003.pdf

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Jolly, R. (1988). Poverty and Adjustment in the 1990’s. Chapter 9, in Strengthening the Poor: What Have We Learned? New Brunswick, U.S.A.: Transaction Books, 163-175.

Stern, E. (1991). Evolution and Lessons of Adjustment Lending. Chapter 1 in Thomas, V., Chhibber, A., Dailami, M. & de Melo, J. (eds.). (1991). Restructuring Economies in Distress: Policy Reform and the World Bank. New York: Oxford University Press, for the World Bank, 1-7.

Cabral, L. & Weinstock, J. (2010). Brazil: an emerging aid player. Lessons on emerging donors, and South-South and trilateral cooperation. ODI Briefing Paper No. 64, October 2010. Available online at: www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/5120.pdf

Rowden, R. (2010, November 24). We've yet to kill off the Washington consensus, The Guardian, Poverty Matters Blog http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/nov/24/washington-consensus

U.N. Acquires Nuclear Weapon. The Onion, Issue 45/3 http://www.theonion.com/articles/un-acquires-nuclear-weapon,2638/

7. February 22nd – Development Strategies 2 - Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Required The Panos Institute. (2005). Who’s richer, who’s poorer? A journalist’s guide to the

politics of poverty reduction strategies. Panos Media Toolkit on PRSPs, No.1. Available at: http://www.panos.org.uk/files/prsptoolkit1.pdf

Craig, D., & Porter, P. (2003). Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A New Convergence. World Development, 3(1), 53-69.

Driscoll, R. & Evans, A. (2005). Second-Generation Poverty Reduction Strategies: New Opportunities and Emerging Issues. Development Policy Review, 23(1), 5-25.

UN Millenium Project. (2005). Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Overview. New York: United Nations Development Program. • Goals and Targets

(http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/goals_targets.htm) • Ten Key recommendations

(http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/recommendations.htm ) Hulme, D. (2007, December). The Making of the Millennium Development Goals:

Human Development Meets Results-Based Management in an Imperfect World. Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper No. 16. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1246696

Fukuda-Parr, S. (2010), Reducing Inequality – The Missing MDG: A Content Review of PRSPs and Bilateral Donor Policy Statements. IDS Bulletin, 41: 26–35.

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Bono. (2010, September 18). M.D.G.’s for Beginners ... and Finishers. New York Times, Op-Ed Guest Columnist, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/opinion/19bono.html?pagewanted=2&_r=3

Global Targets, Local Ingenuity. The Economist, 2010, September 23rd, http://www.economist.com/node/17090934

Browse http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/, http://www.cgdev.org/section/topics/poverty/mdg_scorecards?utm_source=nl_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_weekly_01252011&

Recommended: Cornwall, A. & Brock, K. (2005). What do Buzzwords do for Development Policy? A

critical look at ‘participation’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘poverty reduction.’ Third World Quarterly, 26(7),1043–1060.

Maxwell, S. (2003). Heaven or Hubris: Reflections on the new ‘New Poverty Agenda’. Development Policy Review, 21(1), 5-25.

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Synthesis. 2005 Review of the PRS Approach: Balancing Accountabilities and Scaling Up Results. Available at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPRS1/Resources/PRSP-Review/Synthesis_2005_PRS_Review.pdf

Fukuda-Parr, S. (2004). Millennium Development Goals: Why They Matter. Global Governance, 10, 395–402.

ODI (2005). Scaling Up versus Absorptive Capacity: Challenges and Opportunities for Reaching the MDGs in Africa. ODI Briefing Paper. Available at http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/briefing/bp_may05_absorptive_capacity.pdf

Clemens, M. & Moss, T. (2005, September). What’s Wrong with the Millennium Development Goals?. CGD Brief, Available at: http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/3940

Brinkerhoff, D. W. & Goldsmith, A. A. (2003). How Citizens Participate in Macroeconomic Policy: International Experience and Implications for Poverty Reduction. World Development. 31(4), 685–701.

UNDP. (1997). Poverty in the Human Development Perspective: Concept and Measurement. Chapter 1 in: Human Development Report, 1997. New York, Oxford University Press for UNDP, p. 15-23. Available at http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_1997_en_chap1.pdf

Blattman, C. (2009). Dear Ban Ki Moon: Please put Yoweri Museveni in charge of the UN Millenium Project. Blog entry on The Chris Blattman Blog, 05 January 2009. Available at: http://chrisblattman.com/2009/01/05/dear-ban-ki-moon-please-put-yoweri-museveni-in-charge-of-the-un-millenium-project/

New poverty numbers. Blog entry on Owen Abroad, on August 27, 2008. Available at: http://www.owen.org/blog/61

WB PRS page: http://www.worldbank.org/prsp

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8. March 1st – Major actors 2: non-government actors and cross-sector relations

Required

Lindenberg, M. & Bryant, C. (2002). Managing Transformation: Tough Choices, Far-Reaching Consequences. Chapter 2 in Going Global: Transforming Relief and Development NGOs. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 31-64.

Brinkerhoff, J. M. & Brinkerhoff., D. W. (2002). Government-Nonprofit Relations in Comparative Perspective: Evolution, Themes, and New Directions. Public Administration and Development, 22(1), 3-18.

Mitlin, D., Hickey, S., & Bebbington, A. (2007). Reclaiming development? NGOs and the challenge of alternatives. World Development, 35(10), 1699-1720.

Kuper, A. (2004). Harnessing Corporate Power: Lessons from the UN Global Compact. Development: Corporate Social Responsibility, 47(3), 9-19.

Sintes, H. (2009). Philanthrocapitalism. How the rich can save the world and why we should let them; just another emperor? The myths and realities of philanthropic capitalism. Development in Practice, 19(6), 812-815.

Knorringa, P., & Helmsing, A. H. J. (. (2008). Beyond an enemy perception: Unpacking and engaging the private sector. Development & Change, 39(6), 1053-1062.

Koch, D. (2008). A Paris Declaration for International NGOs?, OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 73, OECD, Development Centre. www.oecd.org/dataoecd/7/55/41159413.pdf

Just Good Business. The Economist, January 17th, 2008. Available online at: http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=10491077&fsrc=nwlptwfree

Amateurs vs. Professionals: A Complex Issues – Aid Debates. Good Intentions are not enough Blog entry, November 1, 2010, http://goodintents.org/staffing-or-employment/volunteers-vs-professionals-aid-debates (browse/ read some of the articles to which the blog entry links)

Bunting, M. (2010, December 17). The issue of celebrities and aid is deceptively complex. The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/dec/17/celebrity-aid-development-bono-brad-pitt

Recommended:

Ottaway, M. (2005). Civil Society. Chapter 8 in: Burnell, P. & Randall. V. (Eds). (2005). Politics in the Developing World. Second Edition. Oxford University Press. http://www.us.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199264421/ch08.pdf

Mallaney, N. (2010, June, 14). Can Civil Society Be Made in Rwanda. Global Integrity Commons. http://commons.globalintegrity.org/2010/06/can-civil-society-be-made-in-rwanda.html

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Brinkerhoff, J. M. (2002). Government-Nonprofit Partnership: A Defining Framework. Public Administration and Development, Vol. 22, No. 1: 19-30.

Desai, R. M. & Kharas, H. (2008). The California Consensus: Can Private Aid End Global Poverty?, Survival, 50(4), 155 -168

Edwards, M. (2008). Just Another Emperor? The Myths and Realities of Philanthrocapitalism. Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, The Young Foundation. Available at: http://www.justanotheremperor.org/

Brinkerhoff, J. M. (2007). Diasporas and Development: What Role for Foreign Aid? In Picard, L. (ed.), Foreign Aid Policy: Issues and Debates for the Next Half Century. National Academy of Public Administration Book Series. Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe.

Michael Blowfield. (2004). CSR and Development: Is business appropriating global justice? Development: Corporate Social Responsibility, 47(3), 61-68.

A survey of corporate social responsibility. The Economist, January 17th, 2008. Articles:

• A stitch in time, http://www.economist.com/node/10491043 • The next question, http://www.economist.com/node/10491055 • The feelgood factor, http://www.economist.com/node/10491069 • Do it right, http://www.economist.com/node/10491124 • Going global, http://www.economist.com/node/10491136 • The good consumer, http://www.economist.com/node/10491144

Christian, Aid (2004). Behind the Mask: The real face of corporate social responsibility, London: Christian Aid. http://baierle.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/behind-mask.pdf

The role, advantages and disadvantages of different aid actors and ways of giving is hotly debated in the aid blogosphere. Here are some interesting blog entries on the issue:

How would you reduce aid dependence? Blog entry on Chris Blattman’s Blog, 29 November 2008. Available at: http://chrisblattman.com/2008/11/26/how-would-you-reduce-aid-dependence/

Support TWACIB. Blog entry on Owen Abroad. October 31st, 2009, http://www.owen.org/blog/2660

How can the aid system be overhauled? Blog entry on Owen Abroad, May 31st, 2010, http://www.owen.org/blog/3466

The philanthropic bias. Blog entry on Aid Thoughts, April 27th, 2010 http://aidthoughts.org/?p=1226

Bad Donor Advice Perpetuates Bad Aid Practices. Blog entry on Good Intentions Are Not Enough, May 24, 2009, http://goodintents.org/interesting-articles-and-posts/bad-donor-advice-perpetuates-bad-aid-practices

#SWEDOW, Blog entry on Tales From The Hood, April 20, 2010, http://talesfromethehood.com/2010/04/20/swedow/

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The Great Divide. Blog Entry on Shotgun Shack, December 5, 2010, http://shotgunshackblog.com/2010/12/05/the-great-divide/

Dear everyone who’s ever thought of starting an NGO. Blog entry on Blood and Milk, October 22, 2008, http://bloodandmilk.org/?p=903

(and many more – if you are interested in these topics I advise you to subscribe/ read regularly the blogs above)

9. March 8th – Aid effectiveness 1: Improving the quality of aid

Required

Radelet, S. (2006, July). A Primer on Foreign Aid. CGD Working Paper, No. 92. Available at: http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/8846

Fengler, W., & Kharas, HJ. (2010). Overview: Delivering Aid Differently. Chapter 1 in: Fengler, W., & Kharas, HJ. (2010). Delivering aid differently: Lessons from the field. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, p. 1-41. Retrieved on January 2nd, 2011 from: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Press/Books/2010/deliveringaiddifferently/deliveringaiddifferently_chapter.pdf

Kharas, H. & Ghosh, A. (2010) Uncovering the Quality of Official Development Assistance. Up Front Blog/ The Brookings Institution. October 01, 2010. Available at: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/1001_foreign_aid_kharas.aspx

Munro, L. T. (2005). Focus-Pocus? Thinking Critically about Whether Aid Organizations Should Do Fewer Things in Fewer Countries. Development and Change, 36(3), 425–447.

Barder, O. (2010, May, 19). Aid Effectiveness. Where is it going, and what could you do?. Power-point presentation, 22 minutes. http://media.owen.org/After%20Paris/player.html

Williamson, T. & Moon, S. (2010, September). Reinvigorating the pursuit of more effective aid in Uganda. ODI Background Note, http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/details.asp?id=4830&title=aid-effectiveness-uganda

Glennie, J. (2011, January, 3rd). Has the world met its Paris aid commitments?, The Guardian, Poverty Matters Blog, http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jan/03/paris-declaration-aid

Browse: Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Ownership, Harmonisation, Alignment, Results

and Mutual Accountability. High Level Forum, Paris, February 28 – March 2, 2005. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/11/41/34428351.pdf

Accra Agenda for Action. 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Accra, September 2-4 2008. Available at:

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http://siteresources.worldbank.org/ACCRAEXT/Resources/4700790-1217425866038/AAA-4-SEPTEMBER-FINAL-16h00.pdf

QuODA – Quality of Development Assitance: http://www.cgdev.org/section/topics/aid_effectiveness/quoda

Recommended:

Rogerson, A. (2005). Aid harmonisation and alignment: Bridging the gaps between reality and the Paris reform agenda. Development Policy Review, 23(5), 531-552.

Hayman, R. (2009). From Rome to Accra via Kigali: ‘Aid effectiveness’ in Rwanda. Development Policy Review, 27(5), 581-599.

Owen Barder. 2009. “Beyond Planning: Markets and Networks for Better Aid.” CGD Working Paper 185. P. 1-43 Washington, D.C.: Center for Global Development. http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1422971

• Note: the paper has two “summaries” – the first being de facto a different paper. Skip the first summary (the one on “What is Poverty Reduction”) for this session.

Stern, E. D., et. al. (2008), Thematic Study on the Paris Declaration, Aid Effectiveness and Development Effectiveness. www.oecd.org/dataoecd/59/28/41807824.pdf

Easterly, W. (2002). The Cartel of Good Intentions: The Problem of Bureaucracy in Foreign Aid. Journal of Policy Reform, 5(4), 223-50.

Birdsall, N., Mahgoub, A., and Savedoff, W.D. (2010, November). Cash on Delivery: A New Approach to Foreign Aid. CGD Brief, http://www.cgdev.org/files/1424603_file_CashDelivery_FINAL.pdf

de Renzio, P. & Woods, N. (n.a.). The Trouble with Cash on Delivery Aid: A note on its potential effects on recipient country institutions. Note prepared for the CGD Initiative on ‘Cash on delivery Aid’, http://www.cgdev.org/doc/Cash%20on%20Delivery%20AID/Derenzio%20Woods.pdf

Fungibility and sloppy thinking, Owen Barder’s Blog, April 13th 2010, http://www.owen.org/blog/3224

March 15th - SPRING BREAK

10. March 22nd – Aid effectiveness 2: Assessing the impact of aid.

Required Bourguignon, F. & Sundberg, M. (2007). Aid Effectiveness: Opening the Black Box. The

American Economic Review. 97(2), 316-321 Rodrik, D. (2008, October 24). The New Development Economics: We Shall

Experiment, but How Shall We Learn? HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-055. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1296115 .

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Owen Barder. 2009. Summary (What Is Poverty Reduction). In: “Beyond Planning: Markets and Networks for Better Aid.” CGD Working Paper 185, p. 4-21, Washington, D.C.: Center for Global Development. http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1422971

• Note: the paper has two “summaries” – the first being de facto a different paper. Read the first one.

Eyben, R. (2010). Hiding relations: The irony of ‘effective aid’. The European journal of development research, 22(3), 382.

Bunting, M. (2010, November 12). Aid policy is dangerously contradictory, The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/12/aid-policy-dangerously-contradictory

How is the aid industry like a piano recital? A defense of aid, Aidwatch Blog, March 22, 2010, http://aidwatchers.com/2010/03/how-is-the-aid-industry-like-a-piano-recita/

Is Impact Measurement a Dead End? AidWatch Blog, July 10th, 2010, http://aidwatchers.com/2010/07/is-impact-measurement-a-dead-end/#

The universal cynics’ answer to why your aid project won’t work. Owen Barder’s Blog, December 30th, 2009, http://www.owen.org/blog/2903

How a universal advocate would respond to the universal critic. Aid Thoughts Blog, December 30th, 2009, http://aidthoughts.org/?p=843

How to determine if an aid project is a good idea, Good Intentions Are Not Enough Blog, May 17th, 2010, http://goodintents.org/aid-recipient-concerns/how-to-determine-if-an-aid-project-is-a-good-idea

Correlation. XKCD Comics, http://xkcd.com/552/ Recommended

Esther D. (2010) Social experiments to fight poverty. TED2010, Filmed February 2010, Posted May 2010, 17 minutes, http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/esther_duflo_social_experiments_to_fight_poverty.html

Roodman, R. (2007, December). Macro Aid Effectiveness Research: A Guide for the Perplexed. CGD Working Paper Number 134, http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/15003/

Ravallion, M. (2009). Evaluation in the Practice of Development, World Bank Research Observer, 24(1), 29-53.

World Bank Independent Evaluation Group. (2006). Executive Summary. In: Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2006. Getting Results. Washington DC: The World Bank, 2006: xi-xvi. Available at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXT2006ANNREVDEVEFF/Resources/arde_full.pdf

Pritchett, L. (2010, March 5). The Best of Aid: Guiding the Movement, Presentation given at “The Best and Worst of Aid: Accountability, Incentives and

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Effectiveness”, 53 minutes, http://www.slideshare.net/Aidwatch/pritchett-the-best-of-aid-n-e-w-s-l-i-d-e-s

Embracing the Chaotic: Cynefin and Humanitarian Response, Wanderlust Blog, July 8, 2010, http://morealtitude.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/embracing-the-chaotic-cynefin-and-humanitarian-response/

Natsios, A. (2010). The Clash of the Counter-bureaucracy and Development. CGD Essay, http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1424271

“Case study” – Evaluating the Millennium Villages

Beattie, A. (2008). UN village project boosts Africa but doubt cast on expansion. Financial Times, November 4, 2008, available at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7d2b80a-aa11-11dd-958b-000077b07658.html

Clemens, M. (2010, March 18). Why a Careful Evaluation of the Millennium Villages is not Optional. Global Development: Views From the Center Blog, http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/03/why-a-careful-evaluation-of-the-millennium-villages-is-not-optional.php

Am I actually sticking up for the Millennium Villages? Chris Blattman’s Blog, 15th October 2009, http://chrisblattman.com/2009/10/15/am-i-actually-sticking-up-for-the-millennium-villages/

Please help us praise Millennium Villages…, Aid Watch Blog, February 2nd 2011, http://aidwatchers.com/2011/02/please-help-us-praise-millennium-villages/

Why development history matters for the Millennium Villages Project. Aid Watch Blog, February 2nd 2011, http://aidwatchers.com/2011/02/why-development-history-matters-for-the-millennium-villages-project/

Browse/ potentially useful links:

World Bank – Annual Review of Development Effectiveness http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTOED/EXTANNREVDEVEFFE/0,,contentMDK:20671850~menuPK:4424215~pagePK:64829575~piPK:64829612~theSitePK:4424106,00.html

DAC Network on Development Evaluation, http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_34047972_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, http://www.3ieimpact.org/

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11. March 29th – Good Governance.

Required:

Finkel, S. E., Pérez-Liñán, A., Seligson M. A. (2007). The Effects of U.S. Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building, 1990–2003. World Politics 59, 404–39 – skim or skip statistical part p. 414-434

Finkel, S. E., Pérez-Liñán, A., Seligson M. A., Tate, C. N. (2008). Deepening Our Understanding of the Effects of US Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building. Final Report. Executive Summary p. 2-6,

Carothers, T. (2009). Democracy assistance: political vs. developmental? Journal of Democracy. 20(1), 5-19.

Brinkerhoff, D. W. & Goldsmith, A. A. (2005). Institutional dualism and international development: A revisionist interpretation of good governance. Administration & Society, 37 (2): 199-224.

Levy, B. (2010). The case for principled agnosticism. Journal of Democracy, 21(4), 27-34.

Grindle, M. S. (2007). Good enough governance revisited. Development Policy Review, 25(5): 553-574.

Fritz, V. (2008, May 16). The importance - and absence – of good governance indicators. ODI Blog. http://blogs.odi.org.uk/blogs/main/archive/2008/05/16/5571.aspx

Browse:

• Global Integrity Report: http://report.globalintegrity.org/ • Worldwide Governance Indicators:

http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.asp • Transparency International – Surveys and Indices (with special focus on the CPI):

http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/about Recommended:

Sokoloff, K. L. & Engerman, S. L. (2000). History Lessons. Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 14(3), 217–232

Moore, M. (2001). Political Development. What causes ‘bad governance’. Public Management Review. 3(3), 385–418

Oman, CP & Arndt, C. (2010). Measuring Governance, OECD Development Centre Policy Briefs 39, OECD Publishing. http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/development/measuring-governance_5km5z9nnxwxw-en

Carothers, T. (1999). Aiding democracy abroad: The learning curve. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

o Chapter 5, “The Question of Strategy,” 85-122; Chapter 12, “The Learning Curve,” 331-352.

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World Bank. (1997). World Development Report 1997: The State in a Changing World, Summary. Washington, DC: Author, 1997.

U.S.A.I.D. (1998, November). Democracy and Governance, A Conceptual Framework. Technical Guide. Center for Democracy and Governance, p. 1-24. Available at http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/democracy_and_governance/publications/pdfs/pnacd395.pdf

Court, J. (2006). Governance and aid effectiveness: Has the White Paper got it right? ODI Opinion 73. Available at: http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/opinions/73_governance_aid.pdf

12. April 5th – Fragile states.

Required Brinkerhoff, D. W. (2005). Rebuilding Governance in Failed States and Post-Conflict

Societies: Core Concepts and Cross-Cutting Themes. Public Administration and Development, 25(1), 3-14.

Ottaway, M. (2002) Rebuilding State Institutions in Collapsed States. Development and Change, 33(5), 1001-1023.

OECD. (2010). Executive Summary. In: OECD (2010). Monitoring the Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States and Situations. Fragile States Principles Monitoring Survey: Global Report. Paris, France: OECD, p. 9-12, http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/16/44651689.pdf

Rocha Menocal, A. (2010, April). “State-Building for Peace” – A New Paradigm for International Engagement in Post-Conflict Fragile States? European University Institute (EUI) Working Papers RSCAS 2010/34, http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/details.asp?id=4809&title=state-building-peace-new-paradigm-international-engagement-post-conflict-fragile-states

Muscat, R. J. (2004). Lessons from Post-Conflict Aid Experience. In Montgomery, J. & Rondinelli, D. A. (eds.) Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan: Lessons from Development Experience. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 93-112.

Nordland, R. (2010, December 13). Killings of Afghan Relief Workers Stir Debate. The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/world/asia/14afghan.html?scp=5&sq=aid%20workers%20afghanistan&st=cse

Blattman, C. (2010, March 25). Donors’ three mistakes in fragile states. Chris Blattman Weblog. http://chrisblattman.com/2010/04/26/donors-three-mistakes-in-fragile-states/

Hoffman, B. (2010, April, 28). Here’s a dumb idea. Democracy & Society Weblog. http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2010/02/02/heres-a-dumb-idea/

Recommended:

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OECD. (2010). Executive Summary. In: OECD (2010). The State’s Legitimacy in Fragile Situations. Unpacking Complexity. Paris, France: OECD, p. 7-12 http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/45/6/44794487.pdf

Fritz, V. & Rocha Menocal A. (2007). Understanding State-Building from a Political Economy Perspective. An Analytical and Conceptual Paper on Processes, Embedded Tensions and Lessons for International Engagement. Report for DFID’s Effective and Fragile States Teams. UK: ODI, http://www.odi.org.uk/pppg/politics_and_governance/publications/ODI_state_building_paper.pdf

Wesley, M. (2008). The State of the Art on the Art of State Building. Global Governance, 14(3), 369-385.

USAID. (2005, January). Fragile States Strategy. Washington, DC: Author. http://www.usaid.gov/policy/2005_fragile_states_strategy.pdf

Brinkerhoff, D. W., and Brinkerhoff, J. M. (2002). Governance Reforms and Failed States: Challenges and Implications. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 68(4), 511-531.

Klotzle, K. (2006, March). International Strategies in Fragile States: Expanding the Toolbox? C.A.P. Policy Analysis, No. 1. Bertelsmann Policy Research for the Center for Applied Research, Munich. Available at: http://www.cap-lmu.de/download/CAP-Policy-Analysis-2006-01.pdf

Schweich, TA (2009, March 12). America’s Broken Interagency, http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=97572#

Browse: http://vimeo.com/wdrvideo (WDR Overview: http://vimeo.com/9029102)

13. April 12th – US bilateral policy. GUEST SPEAKER: MR. Alonzo Fulgham (Vice President, International Relief and Development)

Required Brainard, L. (Ed.) (2006). Security by Other Means: Foreign Assistance, Global Poverty,

and American Leadership. Brookings Institution Press and Center For Strategic And International Studies

• Chapters 1 (A Unified Framework for U.S. Foreign Assistance) and 2 (Organizing U.S. Foreign Assistance to Meet Twenty-First Century Challenges, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Press/Books/2006/securitybyothermeans/securitybyothermeans_chapter.pdf)

The Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/153108.pdf

• Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6

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Atwood, J., McPherson, M., & Natsios, A. (2008, November). Arrested Development. Foreign Affairs, 87(6), 123-132.

Oxfam America. (2008). Failing the Cardozo Test. Why US foreign assistance legislation needs a fresh start. Briefing Paper. Available online at: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/files/failing-the-cardozo-test.pdf

Radelet, S., Schutte, R. & Abarcar, P. (2008). What’s Behind the Recent Declines in U.S. Foreign Assistance? Center for Global Development Notes. Available online at: http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1416837/

Herrling, S., Kinder, M. and Radelet, S. (2009). "From Innovation to Impact: Next Steps for the Millennium Challenge Corporation." MMCA Monitor Analysis. Washington, D.C.: Center for Global Development. http://cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1420905/

Goldsmith, A. A. (2009). No Country Left Behind? Performance Standards and Accountability in US Foreign Assistance. Development Policy Review. 28 (1), 7-26.

Rieff, D. (2010, August 16). Losing Hearts and Minds: Development and Its Discontents, The New Republic, www.tnr.com/blog/foreign-policy/77050/losing-hearts-and-minds-development-and-its-discontents

Recommended Arrested Development. Short-Changing Foreign Aid. Executive Producer: Aaron Lobel

America Abroad, distributed by PRI: Public Radio International, Hosts: Deborah Amos, 51 minutes, Original Airdate: Dec 2009, http://www.americaabroadmedia.org/programs/view/id/137

Lancaster, C. (2008). Chapter 2. The Changing Landscape of US Foreign Aid. In: George Bush’s Foreign Aid: Transformation or Chaos? Washington, DC: Center for Global Development, p.11-47. Available online at: http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/16085

Browse

CGD, Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance, http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/assistance Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network, http://modernizingforeignassistance.net/ Data: http://www.foreignassistance.gov/Default.aspx; http://usoda.eads.usaidallnet.gov/

14. April 19th – US bilateral policy (ctd) and Wrap-up

Kenny, C. (2011, January 13). Great Expectations. Foreign Policy, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/10/great_expectations?page=0,1

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