Perfis de profissionalização: um contributo sociológico para a compreensão das ONGD portuguesas by Vanessa Marcos

“…In the scope of the debate on the (in)effectiveness of development aid, this article seeks to discuss the organizational and management models of Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGDOs) in terms of their higher and lower orientation towards professionalization as an organizational strategy of efficiency and efficacy. …”
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Critical Elements on International Aid in Colombia’s Magdalena Medio by Edgar Alberto Zamora Aviles

“…Beginning with the observation that capital flows of international development aid are not politically neutral and are conditioned by the geopolitical and geo-economic interests of donors, we maintain that aid in this region has contributed to the consolidation of new capitalist spaces in favor of global accumulation and in detriment the proposals for territorial development that the communities in this region have constructed. …”
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The “socialist revolution” in the Seychelles by Daniel Künzler

“…On the other hand, the country also successfully navigated the Cold War by attracting capitalist development aid to finance “socialist” policies. Finally, social policies contributed to a relatively high standard of living and persisted throughout economic and political liberalisation.…”
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The Quality of Relationships in International Development: Institutional and Personal Implications by Leslie Groves, Rachel Hinton

“…In this article, the authors explore some of the personal and organisational implications entailed in satisfying the new demands for greater transparency and accountability in development aid. This calls for changes in the relationships among the different actors inthe international development system. …”
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Politicized Economics or Economized Politics? Czechoslovak Economists and the Quest for “Third World” Development in the Era of Reform Communism by Barbora Buzássyová

“…The paper analyses the scientific discourse that informed the Czechoslovak conceptions of development studies as well as the practice of development aid. On the example of scholarly outputs of two distinguished economists working at the Institute of International Politics and Economy — Blanka Šrucová and Jan Vraný — it explores the impact and process of adaptation of recent methodological influences from abroad onto the Czechoslovak development expertise. …”
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Communication for Sustainable Development and Social Change. A brief overview by Jan Servaes

“…As a result, different methodologies and terminologies have evolved, which often make it difficult for development aid agencies, even though they share a common commitment to the overall goals of development communication to identify common ground, arrive at a full understanding of each other’s objectives, or to co-operate effectively in operational projects. …”
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Adaptation “De Facto” ou Retour à l’Envoyer? L’Aide Déliée en Débat by Gino Vlavonou

“…This article questions the place of untied aid in development aid policies towards the African continent and gains in efficiency. …”
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Une leçon de soft power : le rôle des coopérations états-uniennes avec la Chine dans l’exportation de l’enseignement de la gestion by Tupac Soulas

“…Successive cooperation programs led by several US stakeholders (evangelization, Communism containment, and economic development aid) have brought assistance in order to support Chinese development. …”
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Powerful Men, Failing Upwards: The Aid Industry and the ‘Me Too’ Movement by Charlotte Lydia Riley

“…The humanitarian and development aid sector will not eradicate this behaviour until it recognises how it is enabled and encouraged by these inequalities. …”

Social Protection and Cash Transfers in Mozambique: Between international consensus and local agency by Maria Clara Oliveira, Teresa Almeida Cravo

“…Focusing on the example of Mozambique, an early adopter of such programs, it analyses the relationship between international organizations, development aid agencies, national government and local agents in the field, in the design and delivery of social protection policy. …”
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Abstimmung kommunaler und unternehmerischer Planung by Jens Kollatzsch, Tobias Eisold

“…It also provides the starting point for further research projects in a sphere of action which — under the label “public/private partnerships” — can be expected to gain in importance in the coming years in the field of economic development aid. A systems-theory approach is adopted to show the nature of the relations between the two groups of actors. …”
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Polarización, desigualdad y ayuda al desarrollo en América latina by José María LARRÚ RAMOS

“…The aim of this article is to study whether development aid shows some empirical association with the polarization of income in Latin America. …”
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Znaczenie pomocy rozwojowej w polityce Królestwa Hiszpanii w latach 1995–2020 by Justyna Salamon

“…The objective scope of the article covers issues related to Spanish development aid, implemented both by national authorities and within the European Union. …”
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Refugee movements and aid responsiveness of bilateral donors by Czaika, M, Mayer, A

“…For the period 1992 to 2003, empirical evidence on 18 donor and 148 recipient countries suggests that short-term emergency aid is given to all types of refugee situations, but is predominantly directed towards the countries of origin. For long-term development aid, Western donor states allocate aid funds primarily to the sending-countries of asylum seekers.…”

Refugee movements and aid responsiveness of bilateral donors by Czaika, M, Mayer, A

“…For the period 1992 to 2003, empirical evidence on 18 donor and 148 recipient countries suggests that short-term emergency aid is given to all types of refugee situations, but is predominantly directed towards the countries of origin. For long-term development aid, Western donor states allocate aid funds primarily to the sending-countries of asylum seekers.…”

Margins of Everyday Life of Czechoslovak Experts in Africa. Motivation — Nomination — Preparation — Emigration? by Jakub Mazanec

“…Since the 1960s, Czechoslovakia was very active in providing development aid to the newly established states in Africa. …”
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Die klein dorp in verval by I.J. van der Merwe

“…It is also possible to follow up the slight signs of revival in non-metropolitan areas by using extensive development aid to guide main and subsidiary towns into vital regional centres. …”
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The OECD/DAC Criteria for International Development Evaluations: An Assessment and Ideas for Improvement by Thomaz Chianca

“…However, critiques of the quality of development aid evaluation are still abundant. Thus, it is reasonable to question how those criteria can be improved. …”
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Foreign Aid and Microfinance: A new policy proposal for financing development by Lacalle-Calderón, Maricruz, Alfonso-Gil, Javier, Rico-Garrido, Silvia

“…After calculating the potential effects of microfinance over employment and GDP through a simple empirical exercise, we propose a policy recommendation of redirecting a very small share of official development aid (ODA) resources to microfinance in order to provide options for the most underprivileged populations.…”
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Adaptation "De Facto" ou Retour a l'Envoyer? L'Aide Déliée en Débat by Gino Vlavanou

“…This article questions the place of untied aid in development aid policies towards the African continent and gains in efficiency. …”
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