The Rhetoric and Reality of Partnerships for International Development

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5697273
AutoresRebecca Schaaf (Bath Spa University, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume9
Fascículo2
Páginas68-80
Data de publicação2015-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeography Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/gec3.12198
OpenAlexW1542008126
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas29

Over the past 60 years, the international development landscape has become far more complex. There is now a much wider range and number of organisations involved in some aspect of poverty alleviation, and an increasing emphasis on collaborative activities and forming partnerships to achieve development goals. This approach has been reinforced by the eighth Millennium Development Goal, which calls for a global partnership for development, the emerging Sustainable Development Goals, as well as recent multi-stakeholder partnerships including the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, which evolved from the Busan Partnership agreement devised at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. However, there are many challenges to partnerships, both in terms of defining their form and operation, but also achieving sustainable, mutually beneficial partnerships for development. The advocating of partnerships in development policy suggests significant normative advantages to a more collaborative approach; however, other literature are more cautious, highlighting a number of pitfalls including reductions in effectiveness, difficulties in implementation and conflicts of interest. This article reviews the contemporary nature of partnerships for international development and considers their role in achieving more effective development cooperation

Economic growth · Economics · Engineering ethics · General partnership · International development · Millennium Development Goals · Normative · Political science · Poverty · Public relations · Rhetoric · Stakeholder · Sustainable development · Community Development and Social Impact · Engineering · International Development and Aid · Public-Private Partnership Projects