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What's politics got to do with it?: Why donors find it so hard to come to terms with politics, and why this matters

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Sue Unsworth (University of Sussex, London, UK)
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Donors are paying more attention to politics, and some are applying political analysis to specific aspects of development practice. But this is having little influence on mainstream debates about aid, and donors are not questioning their implicit assumptions about how development happens. There are powerful intellectual and institutional barriers to recognising that politics is central to the whole development process. This matters because, without a change in their mental models, donors will not invest in understanding local political dynamics, or give priority to strategically important but difficult issues. If they did so they would discover some very practical opportunities for progress. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Volume (Year): 21 (2009)
Issue (Month): 6 ()
Pages: 883-894
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  1. Mick Moore & Sue Unsworth, 2006. "Britain's New White Paper: Making Governance Work for the Poor," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 24(6), pages 707-715, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Bano, Masooda, 2008. "Dangerous Correlations: Aid's Impact on NGOs' Performance and Ability to Mobilize Members in Pakistan," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 36(11), pages 2297-2313, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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