Synopses & Reviews
Development cooperation is a comparatively new concept in international relations. The aims of and motives for development cooperation have since changed significantly. Besides pursuing short- and longer-term objectives in their own economic, foreign policy and other interests, donors usually have a recognisable and genuine interest in assisting countries in their processes of development. In the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the international community has an acknowledged frame of reference for global objectives, which play a major role not least in development cooperation.
Synopsis
The aims of and motives for development cooperation have changed significantly in recent times. Besides pursuing short- and longer-term objectives in their own economic, foreign policy and other interests, donors usually have a recognisable and genuine interest in assisting countries in their processes of development.
About the Author
Stephan Klingebiel is Head of Bi and Multilateral Development Cooperation at the German Development Institute. From 2007 to 2011 he was director of KfW Development Bank office in Rwanda. His research and university teaching focuses on political economy of aid, aid and development effectiveness, political economy and governance issues in sub-Saharan Africa, and crisis prevention and conflict management.
Table of Contents
1. What is development cooperation?
2. Development cooperation actors: the new variety of donors
3. Partner countries: differentiating partners in developing regions
4. Approaches: how development aid is provided
5. Effectiveness: what does development cooperation achieve?
6. Global challenges and development cooperation
7. Development cooperation: a dinosaur?