The identity of capitalists and the legitimacy of capitalism: Sri Lanka since independence
In many Asian countries, the early decades of independence after World War II were marked by tension between ‘indigenous’ political...
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In many Asian countries, the early decades of independence after World War II were marked by tension between ‘indigenous’ political...
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Cooperation between government and business generally contributes to better policymaking and improved economic performance. Business associations can play a key role in facilitating this process, as experience in a growing number of developing countries shows.
The 'ownership agenda' is concerned with the question of who controls and influences aid projects. The objective is to improve the quality of aid by giving more influence to the intended 'end users': both people and institutions in recipient rather than donor nations, and the unorganised poor in recipient nations rather than organised (government) bureaucracies.
Department for International Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
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The promotion of 'good government' has become an explicit objective of most aid donors. This has raised suspicions in developing countries, particularly when the threat of withholding aid has been used to force multi-party elections.
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It is little more than three years since the Berlin Wall began to crumble. In that time, the political context and content of development aid to the Third World has changed rather dramatically.
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One of the least contentious issues in post war development thinking was the form of public administration. There were disputes about the boundaries between public and private, but not about how the public sector should be run.