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Hiding Relations: The Irony of ‘Effective Aid’

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  • Rosalind Eyben

    (University of Sussex, Brighton)

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La vogue actuelle pour la ‘gestion axée sur les résultats’ est l’expression d’un mode de pensée historiquement dominant dans le domaine de l’aide internationale, à savoir le ‘substantialisme’, qui conçoit le monde essentiellement en termes d’ entités telles que ‘la pauvreté’, ‘les besoins de base’, ‘les droits’, ‘les femmes’, ou ‘les résultats’. Un autre mode de pensée important, le ‘relationalisme’ – plus généralement associé aux notions de processus et de complexité – paraît absent. À partir de mes propres expériences de travail avec le Département pour le Développement International du Royaume Uni (DFID) et d'autres organisations d'aide internationale, je montre comment certains membres de ces organisations bien qu’adhérant officiellement à la conception substantialiste du monde de l’institution qu’ils représentent, sont en fait des ‘relationnistes cachés’, dont les actions obéissent en pratique à un mode de pensée différent de celui à travers lequel leurs actions sont officiellement conçues. Il est possible que ceci leur permettent, sans le savoir, de rendre l’aide internationale suffisamment viable – par la preuve apparente de l’efficacité de la gestion axée sur les résultats – pour permettre à l’institution dans son ensemble de préserver son imaginaire substantialiste.

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  • Rosalind Eyben, 2010. "Hiding Relations: The Irony of ‘Effective Aid’," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 22(3), pages 382-397, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:22:y:2010:i:3:p:382-397
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    1. Artan Karini, 2016. "Coordination Without Effectiveness? A Critique of the Paris Agenda in the Experience of Development Aid in Albania," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 28(4), pages 741-757, September.
    2. James Copestake & Richard Williams, 2014. "Political-Economy Analysis, Aid Effectiveness and the Art of Development Management," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 32(1), pages 133-153, January.
    3. Therese Brolin, 2017. "Framing the results agenda in Swedish development co-operation," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35, pages 338-356, October.
    4. Adam Moe Fejerskov, 2017. "Contending Logics of Action in Development Cooperation: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Work on Gender Equality," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(2), pages 441-456, April.
    5. Barnes, Amy & Brown, Garrett W. & Harman, Sophie, 2016. "Understanding global health and development partnerships: Perspectives from African and global health system professionals," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 22-29.
    6. Spencer Elizabeth Crawford, 2015. "Revising the Role of Contract in Development Cooperation," The Law and Development Review, De Gruyter, vol. 8(1), pages 147-186, June.

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