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Recalibrating Development Co-operation: How Can African Countries Benefit from Emerging Partners?

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  • Myriam Dahman Saidi
  • Christina Wolf

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With the recent boost of emerging economies in African economic relations, a different philosophy of development co-operation is progressively gaining momentum. Indeed, there are critical differences in the way development co-operation is provided by traditional and emerging partners. For the latter, aid is only one element of a broader economic engagement toolbox. These new realties on the ground mark a qualitative change in the provision of development co-operation both in terms of sectoral allocation and modalities of delivery, which in turn impacts on outcomes as well as the challenges for the recipient countries. We evaluate concerns often raised in this respect (e.g. the lack of policy conditionality destroying Western efforts to promote better governance) and stress that a new set of challenges emerges for African governments in the light of these different engagement modalities. The challenges for African governments to make the most of the new modes of co-operation could be summarised as follows: i) to define a clear strategy; ii) to ensure maintenance; and iii) to enhance their bargaining position. L’augmentation des relations économiques entre l’Afrique et les partenaires émergents rend plus claire la différence de concept qui sous-tends la coopération au développement offerte par les partenaires traditionnels et émergeants. Dans la philosophie des partenaires émergents l’aide n’est qu’un élément d’une boite à outils beaucoup plus large. Ces nouvelles réalités de terrains sont la marque d’un réel changement qualitatif dans l’offre de coopération au développement, aussi bien en termes d’allocation sectorielle des ressources que de modalités d’approvisionnement, ce qui a un impact sur les résultats et sur les défis auxquels les pays bénéficiaires auront à faire face. Ce rapport analyse les sujets d’inquiétudes récurrents (comme par exemple l’absence de conditionnalité politique qui pourrait détruire les efforts des partenaires occidentaux pour promouvoir la bonne gouvernance) et souligne l’émergence de nouveaux défis pour les gouvernements africains à la lumière de ces différentes modalités. Afin de tirer tout l’avantage de ces nouveaux modes de coopération les gouvernements africains devront : définir une stratégie explicite, assurer la maintenance et renforcer leur pouvoir de négociation.

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  • Myriam Dahman Saidi & Christina Wolf, 2011. "Recalibrating Development Co-operation: How Can African Countries Benefit from Emerging Partners?," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 302, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:devaaa:302-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5kg83kvgnz0v-en
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    1. Cheryl McEwan & Emma Mawdsley, 2012. "Trilateral Development Cooperation: Power and Politics in Emerging Aid Relationships," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 43(6), pages 1185-1209, November.
    2. Helmut Reisen, 2015. "Will the AIIB and the NDB Help Reform Multilateral Development Banking?," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 6(3), pages 297-304, September.
    3. Sung-Mi Kim, 2017. "International Perceptions of South Korea as Development Partner: Attractions and Strategic Implications," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(5), pages 1086-1101, November.
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    8. Izumi Ohno, 2014. "Japanese Development Cooperation in a New Era: Recommendations for Network-Based Cooperation," GRIPS Discussion Papers 14-15, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
    9. Kondoh, Hisahiro, 2015. "Convergence of Aid Models in Emerging Donors?Learning Processes, Norms and Identities, and Recipients," Working Papers 106, JICA Research Institute.
    10. Shimomura, Yasutami & Ping, Wang, 2015. "Chains of Knowledge Creation and Emerging Donors," Working Papers 88, JICA Research Institute.

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    Keywords

    coopération pour le développement; development co-operation; emerging partners; partenaires émergeants;
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    JEL classification:

    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
    • Q3 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation

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