Distortions and Dilemmas in the Performative System of International Development Aid
Between growing ambitions for international aid and limited resources to achieve them, donors and international organisations’ repeated normative and performative demands have never been so strong. The dilemmas posed by the often diligent implementation of these requirements by the different interna...
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| description | Between growing ambitions for international aid and limited resources to achieve them, donors and international organisations’ repeated normative and performative demands have never been so strong. The dilemmas posed by the often diligent implementation of these requirements by the different international aid actors are nevertheless acute. Adapting to standards calls for the harmonisation, technicalisation and automation of professional processes and practices. At the same time, each actor seeks to display a especially or ability to innovate in a very competitive environment. Despite incessant criticism and the distortions to which it is subject, the international aid system model studied here through a political sociology lens appears to be far from running out of steam. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-92719d764dd546ebb54fa22862636b2e2023-02-09T16:05:31ZengÉditions de la SorbonneRevue Internationale des Études du Développement2554-34152554-35552022-12-0125013115710.4000/ried.2179Distortions and Dilemmas in the Performative System of International Development AidAnne Le NaëlouElisabeth HofmannLarissa KojouéBetween growing ambitions for international aid and limited resources to achieve them, donors and international organisations’ repeated normative and performative demands have never been so strong. The dilemmas posed by the often diligent implementation of these requirements by the different international aid actors are nevertheless acute. Adapting to standards calls for the harmonisation, technicalisation and automation of professional processes and practices. At the same time, each actor seeks to display a especially or ability to innovate in a very competitive environment. Despite incessant criticism and the distortions to which it is subject, the international aid system model studied here through a political sociology lens appears to be far from running out of steam.http://journals.openedition.org/ried/2179international aiddevelopment professionalsstandardsNGOsdonorslegitimacy |
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| title | Distortions and Dilemmas in the Performative System of International Development Aid |
| title_full | Distortions and Dilemmas in the Performative System of International Development Aid |
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| title_short | Distortions and Dilemmas in the Performative System of International Development Aid |
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