The Palgrave Handbook of Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda: Contested Collaboration 3030579379, 9783030579371

Table of contents :
Preface
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Development Cooperation in the Context of Contested Global Governance
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Coordination and Responsibilities: The Twin Challenges of the SDGs
1.3 The Policy Field of Development Cooperation
1.4 Development Cooperation as an Example of Contested Global Governance
1.5 Structure of the Book
References
Part I Global Cooperation for Achieving the SDGs
2 Maximising Goal Coherence in Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Development? Polycentricity and Coordination in Governance
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Coherence
2.3 Coordination
2.4 Emerging Polycentricity in Sustainable Development and Climate Governance
2.4.1 Polycentricity in Climate Governance
2.4.2 Polycentricity in Sustainable Development Governance
2.5 Polycentric Governance and Coherence
2.6 Novel Tools for Identifying (In)Coherence
2.7 Conclusion: Implications for International and National Coordination and International Cooperation
References
3 Development Finance and the 2030 Goals
3.1 Introduction
References
4 Transnational Science Cooperation for Sustainable Development
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Knowledge and Development
4.2.1 Knowledge for Development: A Tense Relation
4.3 Transnational Research Cooperation for Sustainable Development
4.3.1 Science and Sustainable Development
4.4 Governing Science in the Context of the 2030 Agenda
4.4.1 German Policies for Science Cooperation Versus Policies for Development Cooperation
4.4.2 Coherence of German Science Policy and Development Policy
4.4.3 Global Governance of Science for Sustainable Development
4.5 Conclusions
References
Part II Development Cooperation: Narratives and Norms
5 An Evolving Shared Concept of Development Cooperation: Perspectives on the 2030 Agenda
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Analytical Framework
5.3 The Development Compact
5.4 A Few Case Studies
5.4.1 GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance
5.4.1.1 Objectives and Principles
5.4.1.2 Funding
5.4.1.3 Partnership
5.4.1.4 The Institutional Structure of GAVI
5.4.2 International Solar Alliance
5.4.2.1 Objectives and Principles
5.4.2.2 The Institutional Structure of ISA
5.4.2.3 Contributions
5.4.3 UN Peacekeeping
5.4.3.1 Objectives and Principles
5.4.3.2 Institutional Structure
5.4.3.3 Contributions
5.5 By Way of Conclusion
References
6 The Globalisation of Foreign Aid: Global Influences and the Diffusion of Aid Priorities
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Globalisation of Aid
6.2.1 Macro-Level Globalisation Processes
6.2.2 Micro-Level Globalisation Processes
6.2.3 Why the Globalisation of Aid Matters
6.3 Implications for the 2030 Agenda
6.4 The Globalisation of Aid and Contested Cooperation
References
7 The Untapped Functions of International Cooperation in the Age of Sustainable Development
7.1 Introduction: An Agenda That Calls for More
7.2 What Is Development Cooperation? A Functional Approach to External Policies
7.2.1 The Contested Notion of “Development”
7.2.2 Development Cooperation: Normative Overcharge and the Risk of Marginalisation
7.2.3 Time and Again Too Narrow to Cope with New Challenges
7.2.4 What Is Development Cooperation?
7.2.5 Untapped Potential: A Functional Reading of the 2030 Agenda’s Means of Implementation
7.2.6 Lopsided Universality: A Functional Mapping of the Means of Implementation of the 2030 Agenda
7.2.7 Unfinished Business: “Developed Countries” Are Not Left off the Hook
7.3 International Cooperation Still Largely Trapped in the Pre-2015 World
7.3.1 United Nations and Bretton Woods Institutions
7.3.2 OECD and European Union
7.3.3 G7 and G20
7.3.4 Bilateral Cooperation and Relations Between “Developed Countries”
7.3.5 Conclusion: Towards Mutually Transformative Cooperation in the 2030 World
Annex
References
8 The Difficulties of Diffusing the 2030 Agenda: Situated Norm Engagement and Development Organisations
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Situated Norm Engagement
8.3 Development Organisations and the Diffusion of the SDGs
8.3.1 Organisational History, Culture, and Structures
8.3.2 Actor Strategies, Emotions, and Relationships
8.3.3 Organisational Pressures and Priorities
8.3.4 Normative Environment and Stakeholders
8.4 Conclusion
References
9 Diffusion, Fusion, and Confusion: Development Cooperation in a Multiplex World Order
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Norms, Norm-Diffusion, and Norm Competition: The Case of Norms for Development Cooperation
9.3 The Mirroring Constitution of Official Development Assistance and South-South Cooperation Norms
9.4 From Paris to Nairobi: The Emergence of SSC and the Diffusion of the Effectiveness Agenda
9.5 Busan and Beyond: From Fusion to Confusion
9.6 Conclusion
References
10 Conceptualising Ideational Convergence of China and OECD Donors: Coalition Magnets in Development Cooperation
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Theoretical Background: Understanding China’s Rise Through Ideas and Institutions
10.3 Analytical Framework: Ideas as Coalition Magnets
10.4 Three Potential Coalition Magnets
10.4.1 Mutual Benefit
10.4.2 Development Results
10.4.3 2030 Agenda
10.5 Contextualising Mutual Benefit, Development Results, and the 2030 Agenda in a Changing Global Development Landscape
10.6 Conclusion
References
Part III Measurements of Development Cooperation: Theories and Frameworks
11 Measuring Development Cooperation and the Quality of Aid
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Framework for Measuring Development Cooperation
11.3 Development Finance, Aid, and Measuring Quality
11.3.1 Measuring Concessional Development Finance and Aid Quantity
11.3.2 What Does Effective Development Finance Look Like?
11.3.3 Data Sources for Measuring Development Finance Effectiveness
11.3.4 Quantifying Aid Quality
11.3.5 Concluding on Measures of Aid Effectiveness
11.4 Policies with Bilateral International Impacts
11.5 Global Public Goods
11.6 Conclusion
Annex A. Quality of official development assistance (QuODA) indicators
Annex B. List of global public goods
References
12 Interest-Based Development Cooperation: Moving Providers from Parochial Convergence to Principled Collaboration
12.1 Introduction
12.2 False Dichotomies? the Competing Rationales for Development Cooperation
12.3 Drivers of Convergence to Interest-Based Development Cooperation
12.4 A Principled National Interest: A Conceptual and Empirical Basis
12.5 Convergence and Changing National Interest Narratives
12.6 Building Normative Consensus for a Principled Approach Across the North-South Divide
References
13 Monitoring and Evaluation in South-South Cooperation: The Case of CPEC in Pakistan
13.1 Introduction
13.2 CPEC: A Catalyst for the 2030 Agenda and SDGs in Pakistan?
13.3 Analytical Framework for Assessing CPEC
13.4 CPEC in the SSC Framework: Findings and Discussion
13.4.1 Inclusive National Ownership and CPEC
13.4.2 CPEC in the Context of Horizontality
13.4.3 Elements of Self-Reliance and Sustainability in CPEC
13.4.4 Accountability and Transparency in CPEC Projects
13.4.5 Development Efficiency and the Role of CPEC
13.5 Conclusion
References
14 The Implementation of the SDGs: The Feasibility of Using the GPEDC Monitoring Framework
14.1 Introduction
14.2 The GPEDC Monitoring Framework5
14.2.1 Context: Emergence, Evolution, and Current Structure
14.2.2 The Monitoring Exercise and Its Underlying Framework
14.3 Contributing to the Implementation of the SDGs: Political and Technical Feasibility
14.3.1 Political Factors Influencing the Feasibility of a Significant Contribution of the Monitoring Framework to the Implementation of the SDGs
14.3.2 Factors Positively Influencing the Feasibility
14.3.3 Factors Negatively Influencing the Feasibility
14.3.4 Technical Factors Influencing the Feasibility of a Significant Contribution of the Monitoring Framework to the Implementation of the SDGs
14.3.5 Factors Positively Influencing the Feasibility
14.3.6 Factors Negatively Influencing the Feasibility
14.4 Discussion and Conclusion
References
15 Counting the Invisible: The Challenges and Opportunities of the SDG Indicator Framework for Statistical Capacity Development
15.1 Introduction: Why Data Matters for the 2030 Agenda?
15.2 The SDG Indicator Framework: Data Gaps, Capacity Constraints, and Missing Alignment Between Global Requirements and National Needs
15.2.1 Persistent Sustainable Development Data Gaps
15.2.2 Capacity Constraints and Missing Alignment Between Global Requirements and National Needs
15.3 SDG Indicator Framework Implementation: Main Challenges and Possible Solutions
15.3.1 Lessen Overburdening of National Statistical Systems
15.3.2 Avoiding Coordination Failures
15.3.3 Overcoming Funding Gap
15.4 The Changing Role of Data and Statistics in Development
15.4.1 Triangular Cooperation in Data and Statistics
15.4.2 Sustainable Financing for Development Data
15.4.3 The Power of Stories—Humanising Data
15.5 Conclusion
References
Part IV Institutional Settings for Development Cooperation
16 Building a Global Development Cooperation Regime: Failed but Necessary Efforts
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Why Is a Global Development Cooperation Regime Important?
16.3 Failed Attempts to Build a Development Cooperation Regime: What Can Be Learnt?
16.4 Conclusions
References
17 Failing to Share the Burden: Traditional Donors, Southern Providers, and the Twilight of the GPEDC and the Post-War Aid System
17.1 Introduction
17.2 The Promise and Failure of Busan4
17.3 A Simple Burden-Sharing Model of the Bilateral Negotiations at the GPEDC
17.4 Applying the Burden-Sharing Model to Better Understand the Collapse of the Busan Promise
17.4.1 The Strategy of Traditional DAC Donors
17.4.2 The (Diverse) Strategies of the Emerging Powers
17.4.3 The Strategy of Recipient Countries
17.4.4 Sliding into Scenario D of a Weak Aid System
17.5 Conclusions
References
18 Should China Join the GPEDC? Prospects for China and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Critical Accounts of the History of the GPEDC
18.3 Different Views on the Role of the GPEDC
18.3.1 A New Version of Historical Approach of Development Cooperation
18.3.2 The Complementary Role of Emerging Powers
18.3.3 The UN DCF and the GPEDC
18.4 Towards Genuine Partnership: What Can We Do?
18.5 Recommendations for the GPEDC
18.6 Conclusions
References
19 South Africa in Global Development Fora: Cooperation and Contestation
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Philosophy and Drivers of South Africa’s Global Development Engagement
19.3 South Africa’s Regime-/Institution-Shifting or Creation
19.3.1 UN Processes
19.3.2 The OECD and the DAC
19.3.3 Clubs—G20
19.3.4 Other Clubs—IBSA and the BRICS
19.4 South Africa’s Development Cooperation
19.5 Africa’s Growing Agency
19.5.1 Adopting Common Positions: The Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness
19.5.2 UN Processes
19.5.3 The GPEDC Process
19.6 African States and SSC
19.7 Conclusion
References
20 Middle Powers in International Development Cooperation: Assessing the Roles of South Korea and Turkey
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Locating Korea and Turkey in International Development Cooperation
20.3 Middle-Power Theories
20.4 Like-Minded Peers or Counterparts?
20.4.1 Global Visibility Through Middle-Power Strategies
20.4.2 Foreign Aid Narratives
20.4.3 Korea and Turkey in Relation to the OECD-DAC
20.4.4 Korea
20.4.5 Turkey
20.5 Policy Implications
20.6 Further Research
References
Part V Aligning National Priorities with Development Cooperation/SDGs
21 The SDGs and the Empowerment of Bangladeshi Women
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Gender Equality and Bangladesh’s Unexpected Development Success
21.2.1 Advances for Bangladeshi Women: From Independence to the MDGs
21.2.2 What Bangladesh Did Right
21.2.3 Ruptures in the Patriarchal Bargain and the Origins of Elite Commitment
21.2.4 From Commitment to Capacity
21.3 Next-Generation Challenges: Inclusion, Equality, and “Leaving No One Behind”
21.3.1 Intersectionality and Power in the SDGs
21.3.2 The Problem of Early Marriage: SDGs 3 and 5
21.3.3 Women Workers’ Rights: SDGs 1, 8, and 16
21.4 Conclusions
References
22 Russia’s Approach to Official Development Assistance and Its Contribution to the SDGs
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Russia as a Global Donor
22.3 Distribution of Russian ODA by Sector and Channel
22.3.1 Multilateral Aid
22.3.2 Bilateral Aid
22.3.3 Humanitarian Aid and Debt Relief
22.4 Monitoring and Evaluation
22.5 Russia’s ODA Policy and the SDG Agenda
22.6 Russian Businesses and ODA
22.7 Conclusions
Annex A. Distribution of Russian bilateral assistance by recipient countries in 2012–2017 ($ millions)
References
23 US Multilateral Aid in Transition: Implications for Development Cooperation
23.1 Introduction
23.2 The United States and Multilateral Development Cooperation
23.3 Trends of US Multilateral Development Aid
23.4 US Global Development and Multilateral Engagement in the Trump Era
23.5 US Development Policy and China
23.6 Conclusions
References
Part VI The Contribution of SSC and Triangular Cooperation to the SDGs
24 “The Asian Century”: The Transformational Potential of Asian-Led Development Cooperation
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Contemporary Disrupters to Development Cooperation: Asia’s Rise and Beyond Aid
24.3 Contemporary Features of Asian Development Cooperation
24.3.1 Big-Ticket Schemes: Growth and Poverty Reduction Through Infrastructure
24.3.2 Other Asian Initiatives
24.3.3 Increasing Multilateralism
24.3.3.1 Multilateral Finance
24.3.3.2 UN and Other Multilateral Platforms
24.3.3.3 New and Diverse Partnerships
24.4 Advancing Asian SSC: Strategies and Collaborative Opportunities
24.4.1 Strengthen Civil Society and Private-Sector Partnerships
24.4.2 Expand Triangular and Multi-nodal Cooperation
24.4.3 Establish Purposeful and Efficient Institutional Infrastructure
24.5 Conclusion
References
25 South-South Development Cooperation as a Modality: Brazil’s Cooperation with Mozambique
25.1 Introduction
25.2 South-South Development Cooperation in the International Context
25.3 Characteristics of South-South Development Cooperation
25.4 Brazil’s Development Cooperation in Mozambique
25.5 Conclusions—The “Institutionalisation” of Southern Cooperation
References
26 South Africa as a Development Partner: An Empirical Analysis of the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund
26.1 Introduction
26.2 Methodology
26.3 Contextualising South Africa’s Role as a Development Partner
26.4 An Empirical Analysis of the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund
26.5 Conclusion
References
27 Triangular Cooperation: Enabling Policy Spaces
27.1 Introduction
27.2 From the Establishment of ODA to the Emergency of New Modalities
27.2.1 Development Cooperation: A Revolving Field
27.2.2 Triangular Cooperation as a Development Cooperation Modality
27.3 Triangular Cooperation: From Development Projects to Enabler of Policy Spaces
27.4 Conclusions: Strengthening Partnerships for Development Cooperation
References
28 Achieving the SDGs in Africa Through South-South Cooperation on Climate Change with China
28.1 Introduction
28.2 Achieving the SDGs in Africa Through Climate Action
28.3 Evolution of South-South Cooperation on Climate Change Between China and Africa
28.4 Contested Cooperation: Old and New Channels of China’s South-South Cooperation on Climate Change with African Countries
28.5 African Countries’ Climate Action Priorities
28.6 Unlocking the Full Potential of South-South Cooperation on Climate Change Between China and African Countries
References
29 India as a Partner in Triangular Development Cooperation
29.1 Introduction
29.2 India’s Changing Position Towards Triangular Cooperation
29.3 The Practice of India’s Engagement in Triangular Cooperation
29.3.1 Fund Mechanisms
29.3.2 Brokering Mechanisms
29.4 Why Does India Engage in Triangular Cooperation?
29.5 Shaping Narratives and Institutions Through Triangular Platforms
29.6 Conclusion
References
Part VII The Role of Non-state Actors to the SDGs
30 Partnerships with the Private Sector: Success Factors and Levels of Engagement in Development Cooperation
30.1 Introduction
30.2 Classification and Relevance of Partnerships with Actors from the Private Sector in the Context of the SDGs
30.3 Means to Support the Success of Private-Sector Engagement in Development Cooperation
30.4 Engaging with Private-Sector Actors at the Global Level
30.5 Engaging with the Private Sector at the National Level
30.6 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
References
31 The Role and Contributions of Development NGOs to Development Cooperation: What Do We Know?
31.1 Introduction
31.2 What Do We Know About Development NGOs?
31.3 Innovation and Influence in Donor Strategies for Civil Society
31.4 What Does a Sectoral Approach to Development NGOs Contribute to Our Understanding?
31.5 Conclusions
References
32 Southern Think Tank Partnerships in the Era of the 2030 Agenda
32.1 Introduction
32.2 The Implications of the 2030 Agenda for Think Tanks
32.3 Collaboration and Contestation with and Among Think Tanks: “The Four-C’s Model”
32.4 Collaboration Among Think Tanks in the Global South
32.5 North-South Think Tank Collaborations
32.6 Southern Think Tank Engagement with Other International Actors
32.7 Think Tanks in the Age of Partnerships
References
33 Conclusion: Leveraging Development Cooperation Experiences for the 2030 Agenda—Key Messages and the Way Forward
33.1 Primacy of the SDGs
33.2 Theoretical Frameworks
33.2.1 The Globalisation of Aid and Diffusion of Norms
33.2.2 Discursive Institutionalism
33.2.3 Orchestration, the Theory of Middle Powers, and the Four-C’s Model
33.3 Contestations and Cooperation
33.4 Going Beyond Contestations
References
Index