Open AccessAge of Choice: How Partner Countries Are Managing the New Development Assistance Landscape—The Cases of F iji, P apua N ew G uinea, T imor‐ L este and V anuatu
Author(s) -
Schmaljohann Maya,
Prizzon Annalisa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia and the pacific policy studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2050-2680
DOI - 10.1002/app5.92
Subject(s) - negotiation , government (linguistics) , modalities , business , political science , sociology , law , social science , philosophy , linguistics
Based on a comparative case study approach, the article reviews trends in volumes and modalities of non‐traditional development assistance flows since 2003 (from emerging countries, philanthropic organisations and the private sector) for the governments of F iji, P apua N ew G uinea, T imor‐ L este and V anuatu, and elaborates on the governments' priorities regarding the terms and conditions of development assistance flows and the impact on aid coordination of new providers. We found that the amount of non‐traditional development assistance has strongly increased in F iji but less so in P apua N ew G uinea, T imor‐ L este and V anuatu. Capacity building for government officials—both in the negotiation and management of these flows—is a priority aspect for development assistance for all of the four analysed governments, even for P apua N ew G uinea where the government introduced a target to reduce technical assistance, aiming to a more efficient use of this modality and improved knowledge transfer to government officials.