The anatomy of collaboration in international development practice

Comparative insights from Nigeria and Ghana

Bibliographic Data

ID4832503
AuthorsJ Schmid (0000-0002-2317-8966, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Rahul Pathak (0000-0003-2611-6776)
Year2017
Volume27
Issue4
Pages487-502
Publication date2017-05-19
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2017.1306024
OpenAlexW2626063247
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Collaborative project implementation approaches are common in international development practice. This article uses a mixed-methods research design to examine the dynamics of North–South collaboration in a development setting. It studies election-monitoring campaigns in Nigeria and Ghana that involved cross-sector collaborations between several organisations. A conceptual model of cross-sector collaboration is proposed, which is then validated against two cases. Results show that while existing approaches to conceptualising collaboration provide significant insight into the empirical cases, additional factors such as resource constraints and power hierarchies should be considered when studying development collaboration in a North–South context

Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Knowledge management · Political science · Regional science · Sociology · South asia · Community Development and Social Impact · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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