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Donor co‐ordination or donor confusion? How disputed facts and problem framing affect the prospects for aid harmonization
Author(s) -
Sjöstedt Martin,
Sundström Aksel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12271
Subject(s) - harmonization , framing (construction) , confusion , aid effectiveness , declaration , political science , ordination , development aid , public relations , public administration , public economics , international trade , business , economics , economic growth , law , developing country , engineering , psychology , physics , structural engineering , acoustics , psychoanalysis , machine learning , computer science
Abstract A declared commitment in international development assistance is to promote donor co‐ordination. Yet, how this objective plays out in practice, or how feasible and realistic it is, have rarely been evaluated. Using the fisheries sector as a critical case, this article explores whether two major international actors, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) and the World Bank, meet the demands of policy harmonization as spelled out in the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness. Through a systematic qualitative analysis, the article investigates whether the policies of these actors are complementary or contradictory. It also assesses how the potential challenges to harmonization can be understood and what the broader implications for aid and development policies in general might be.