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'The role of external interventions redefined'


Document type: lecture
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Abstract: If it is societies (and people) themselves who should develop by their own authentic way and if, on the road to this process of self rescuing, foreign assistance is needed, than additional questions arise: where is external assistance facilitating, and eventually stimulating? What should be the primary task of the government itself, and where are the worst practices of external interventions of spoiling own initiatives of civil society, taking away responsibilities from governments? The actual debate about relevance and desirability of budget aid is a point in case; the – sometimes dominant and patriarchal – role of western foundations and intermediary institutions another one. Here lies one of the central questions in international cooperation. , If it is societies (and people) themselves who should develop by their own authentic way and if, on the road to this process of self rescuing, foreign assistance is needed, than additional questions arise: where is external assistance facilitating, and eventually stimulating? What should be the primary task of the government itself, and where are the worst practices of external interventions of spoiling own initiatives of civil society, taking away responsibilities from governments? The actual debate about relevance and desirability of budget aid is a point in case; the – sometimes dominant and patriarchal – role of western foundations and intermediary institutions another one. Here lies one of the central questions in international cooperation.
Authors: Collier, P. , Collier, P.
Series Title: SID-NL Lecture Series 2010-2011 : “Global values in a changing world” : synergy of state and society in a globalized world , SID-NL Lecture Series 2010-2011 : “Global values in a changing world” : synergy of state and society in a globalized world
Category: General , General
Serial number: 5 , 5
Keywords: civil society , government , indigenous peoples , international cooperation , civil society , government , indigenous peoples , international cooperation
Language: eng , eng
Organization: SID NL - Society for International Development Netherlands Chapter , SID NL - Society for International Development Netherlands Chapter
PAGE: 3 , 3
Place: [The Hague] , [The Hague]
Publisher: SID NL , SID NL
Year: 2011 , 2011
Right: © 2011 SID NL , © 2011 SID NL
Subject: Social and Political Change , Social and Political Change
Title: 'The role of external interventions redefined' , 'The role of external interventions redefined'