Foreign Aid Democracy Governance and the Moral Ambiguities

Foreign Aid Democracy, Governance and the Moral Ambiguities of Foreign Aid

The International Donor Regime Private Foundations vs. Government Donors Official Development Assistance (ODA) Bilateral Donors vs. Multilateral Assistance

Multilateral Organizations United Nations Development Programmme UN Specialized Agencies: UNICEF ILO FAO UNESCO

FAO

UN System: Two Types Funds and Programs- Report to Economic and Social Development Council Specialized Agencies- Autonomous Boards

Basic Characteristics: UN System Made up of components of all National Systems Representative: Voting Reflects LDC majority Critics: Anarchy Significant Patronage and Corruption

The World Bank System International Monetary Fund: Bridging Loan Facility International Bank for Reconstruction and Development- Infrastructure International Development Association. Consessional International Finance Corporation: Commercial Rates

Bank Headquarters. Washington D. C.

Characteristics of World Bank System Block Voting Dominated by Organization for Economic Construction and Development (OECD) Debt Forgiveness Issue Structural Adjustment Vehicle Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Programs

Regional Banks Asian Development Bank African Development Bank Inter-American Development Bank European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

U. S. Agencies U. S. Agency for International Development Millennium Challenge Corporation Office of the U. S. Global AIDS Coordinator State Department of Public Affairs U. S. Agencies: Agriculture, Commerce, Labor Defense Department (20% in 2008)

Pentagon

Commonwealth Legacy Colonial Development Corporation: 1929 Colombo Plan: 1955 -1964 Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation Department for International Development (DFID)

U. K. Foreign Aid

Commonwealth Donors Canadian International Development Corporation (CIDA)Bridges French and English Speaking Countries Australia- Ausaid (Focus on Asia) New Zealand Aid

Countries that are both Donors and Recipients India China South Africa Brazil Portugal

European Colonial Legacy Ministry for Cooperation, Development and Francophony GTZ- German Technical Assistance and German Department of Cooperation and Development Dutch, Italian and Belgium Technical Assistance

Scandinavia: “Soft Donors” SIDA- Swedish International Development Association DANIDA- Danish International Development Association NORAD- Norwegian Agency for Development Coorporation FINNAID-Finnish foreign aid and cooperation

Danish International Development Agency

Role of Soviet Block Soviet Union- 1950 s. About 8% of World Foreign Aid 1970 s and 1980 s- Support for Liberation Movements and Clients 1990 s to Present- Became Recipients of Foreign Aid

The Donor System Soft Vs. Hard Systems Trade vs. Aid Debt Reduction/Debt Forgiveness Governance Reform vs. Interference Information Technology Multilateralism vs. Unilateralism

Goals: 2006 Ostensibly, the goals of foreign aid in 2006 remain what they were more than half a century ago. However, Issues and Perceptions have changed and are Changing

Changes in Focus The Change- 1 Reduction of Poverty

Reduction of Poverty Recognized empirically by academic studies Argued against ideologically by Anti. Keynesian Economists Reflected in State Department Changes Poverty Alleviation Downgraded by 2001

Change -2: The Merging of USAID and State

The Merging of USAID and State 1. Rice Announcement- Gradual process: Integrating USAID into State Department 2. Merge defense and foreign aid (Security Imperative) 3. Focus on regime change, governance and security issues 4. Decline in focus on economic and social development

2006 Debate: Should USAID Disappear? Three influences Impact of September 11 HIV/AIDS Millenium Challenge Account

The Change- 3 Changing Motives

Three Views of Foreign Aid 1. Part of Balance of Power- Carrot and Stick Approach (based on exchange Theory) 2. Commercial Promotion: Focus on International Trade 3. Humanitarian Theory: Moral Imperative (Missionary Factor) Mini-Discussion: Where are we now?

Change Four: The Relationship between Academics and Practitioners Increasing Gap between Academics and Practitioners Fewer Academics are practitioners, fewer practitioners write Issue: Should academics also be practitioners?

Patterns 1950 s- Very close 1960 s-70 s- Split because of Vietnam 1980 s- Close Again- Structural Adjustment University of Pittsburgh. Graduate School of Public and Internationa Affairs. International Management Development Institute 1990 s and esp. since 2001 Split again After 2001 - Deep Cleavage

Change-4 Increasing Gap between Academics and Practitioners Fewer Academics are practitioners, fewer practitioners write Focus: For Profits & Non-Profits

Change Five: Dominant Motive (After 2001) Carrot and Stick Approach- Based on Exchange Theory Back to Balance of Power Primary focus: U. S. Security

Cartoon In UAE News Paper On "America And Its Carrot And Stick Policy Towards Israel"

Change-Six Contemporary Foreign Aid

Foreign Aid and Technical Assistance-2006 Back to the future Get the LDC economy back to the 1950 s Integration: Dependent development Is it dependent and is it development?

Foreign Aid and Technical Assistance-2006 Current bias to international trade Governance and Nation Building Merging of international assistance and security

Dr. Ed Connerley, USAID, Meeting Civil Society Representatives in Afghanistan

Foreign Aid and Technical Assistance- 2006 Issues Impact of culture vs. Universal Values Corruption, clan and ethnicity Clans in Somalia and taxi drivers in Washington Impact of Intellectual systems and ideologies influences and beliefs. Economic and Religious Projects and Standard Operating Procedures

Historical Quote With God’s help, we will lift Shanghai up and up, ever up, until it is just like Kansas City. [i] American Missionary quoted by. John Franklin Campbell, The Foreign Affairs Fudge Factory (New York: Basic Books, 1971), p. 178.

Discussion of Books Hancock, Lords of Poverty Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man – Major Arguments – Normative Positions – Criticism

Where are We now? Should we focus on the “Good” How Fair are our authors? Are we missing something in our reading and discussion? What is the reality of Foreign Aid in 2006