Private Transnational Governance of Economic Development: International Development Aid

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Buthe ◽  
Cindy Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Transnational Governance ◽  
International Development Aid

scholarly journals What “Development” Does to Work

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 7-23
Author(s):  
Benedetta Rossi
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Political Legitimacy ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
International Development Aid ◽  
Development Workers ◽  
The Many ◽  
Modern Form

AbstractThis article introduces an Africa-focused special issue showing that the rise of development in its modern form coincided with the demise of the political legitimacy of forced labor. It argues that by mobilizing the idea of development, both colonial and independent African governments were able to continue recruiting unpaid (or underpaid) labor—relabeled as “voluntary participation,” “self-help,” or “human investment” —after the passing of the ILO’s Forced Labor Convention. This introduction consists of two parts: the first section summarizes the main findings of the contributions to the special issue. The second part advances preliminary considerations on the implications of these findings for our assessment of international development “aid.” The conclusion advocates that research on planned development focus not on developers-beneficiaries, but rather on employers-employees. Doing so opens up a renewed research agenda on the consequences of “aid” both for development workers (those formally employed by one of the many development institutions) and for so-called beneficiaries (those whose participation in development is represented as conducive to their own good).

Portfolio Similarity and International Development Aid

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina J. Schneider ◽  
Jennifer L. Tobin
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
International Development Aid

“Haitian Paradox” or Dark Side of the Security-Development Nexus? Canada’s Role in the Securitization of Haiti, 2004–2009

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Walby ◽  
Jeffrey Monaghan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Police Reform ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Royal Canadian Mounted Police ◽  
International Development Aid ◽  
Government Records ◽  
National Police

Drawing on analysis of government records obtained using Access to Information Act requests, the author examines the securitization of Canada’s aid program to Haiti between 2004 and 2009. The author discusses how Canadian agencies, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), and the Canadian International Development Agency, were involved in capacity-building initiatives that focused on police reform, border surveillance, and prison construction/refurbishment across Haiti in the aftermath of a coup that ousted the democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The author demonstrates how these efforts at securitization resulted in what officials referred to as the “Haitian Paradox,” whereby reorganization of the Haitian National Police force led to higher arrest rates and jail bloat, creating conditions that violated rather than ameliorated human rights. While the securitization project may have been based on the rule of law and human rights in Canadian policy makers’ official discourse, in practice these securitization efforts exacerbated jail overcrowding, distrust of police, and persecution of political opposition. The author therefore demonstrates one way that international development, aid, and criminal justice intersect, with emphasis on the transnational aspects of RCMP and CSC activities.

Optimizing Military Assistance Training

1962 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Windle ◽  
T. R. Vallance
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Military Assistance ◽  
Current Period ◽  
The World ◽  
International Development Aid ◽  
Aid Programs

There are many means employed by the United States to maintain and advance its position throughout the world during the current period of bipolar conflict. The most conspicuous of these are subsumed under what is known as the Mutual Security Program. Nearly half of the approximately $4 billion budgeted during fiscal year 1962 for mutual security went into military assistance. Of this, about $125 million was devoted to the training of foreign military personnel. This Military Assistance Training Program, including the training of foreigners in the United States and that administered overseas by Military Assistance Advisory Groups (MAAG's), missions, overseas commands, and third countries, constitutes by far the largest effort the world has known on the part of one country to educate and train citizens of others. The number of foreigners given military assistance training in the United States each year—about 16,500 in 1960—exceeds the number trained here under the Fulbright, Smith-Mundt, and Agency for International Development (AID) programs combined.

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