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Paris in Bogotá: The Aid Effectiveness Agenda and Aid Relations in Colombia
Author(s) -
McGee Rosemary,
Heredia Irma García
Publication year - 2012
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/j.1467-7679.2012.00567.x
Subject(s) - technocracy , declaration , human rights , political science , development aid , perspective (graphical) , context (archaeology) , public administration , aid effectiveness , humanitarian aid , law , politics , economic growth , developing country , economics , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science
This article uses an aid‐relationships perspective to explore the application of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in Colombia. It argues that aid donors were subjected to an attempt to push them (back) into a technocratic corner, and that social actors' advocacy outcomes were put under threat. Both are worrying developments in a politically complex context marked by internal armed conflict and human‐rights abuses. Analysis of the Colombia case offers some useful insights into applying the Paris Declaration, and other global aid‐policy frameworks, to diverse settings.