Building Neo-liberal Markets and Other Agendas
The Politics of Risk Management at AusAID
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3986694 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Wanner (0000-0003-1066-1454, The University of Adelaide), Andrew Rosser (0000-0002-7219-4479, The University of Adelaide) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 447-463 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00472336.2012.687632 |
| OpenAlex | W4232916898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article analyses emerging approaches by donors to risk management, focusing on the case of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). It suggests that AusAID's understanding and management of risk are expressions of particular political and social interests and, subsequently, that its approach to risk management is inherently political in nature. While AusAID's policies and guidelines on risk management identify a wide range of risks as being relevant to the agency's work – including risks to poverty reduction and sustainable development – in practice it has focused on managing risks to the building of neo-liberal markets, both within Australia and in developing countries, and the Australian government's foreign policy objectives. To illustrate these points, we present an analysis of AusAID's approach to risk management in a major economic governance project, the Philippines-Australia Partnership for Economic Governance Reforms. We conclude by indicating ways in which donor approaches to risk management can be revised to give greater attention to the needs of the poor and civil society, while acknowledging that such revisions may be contingent upon prior changes in the structure of power and interest and/or institutional characteristics of aid policy-making processes in donor countries
Agency (philosophy · Civil society · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · General partnership · Government (linguistics · Political risk · Political science · Politics · Risk Governance · Risk management · Sociology · Work (physics · Finance · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
From old public administration to new public management
New Public Management
The Neo-Liberal Revolution
Poverty and Inequality
Beyond institutional fetishism
Regulatory regionalism in the Asia-Pacific
Beyond methodological nationalism, but where to for the study of regional governance
Neo-liberalism and the politics of Australian aid policy-making
Risk management, neo-liberalism and the securitisation of the Australian aid program
Introduction
Selectivity at Work
The New Regulatory State and the Transformation of Criminology
Institutional processes and regulatory risk
Good governance and security
Risk, Social Protection and the World Market
The Privatization of Risk
Should the nurse change the light globe
Neoliberalism, New Public Management and the human service professions
Living in the world risk society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |