Globalization, development and governance

Links between Resource Extraction, Governance and Development: African Experience (ARI)
Globalization, development and governance Analyses

Links between Resource Extraction, Governance and Development: African Experience (ARI)

This ARI addresses the analytical and empirical links between resource extraction, governance and development, with a focus on the resource-curse thesis. The rent curse is rooted in policy failure, which the theory of rent cycling attributes to the impact of rent on elite incentives and also on development trajectory. The paper provides some examples of conditions that have facilitated this process in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa.

By Richard Auty
13 Dec 2010 //
22 mins Reading time
Brazilian Cooperation: a model under construction for an emerging power (ARI)
Latin America Analyses

Brazilian Cooperation: a model under construction for an emerging power (ARI)

The media, analysts and markets have focused a great deal of attention on the consolidation of Brazil as an emerging power, mainly in the economic and global governance spheres. However, there is little information and few studies on cooperation as an instrument of Brazilian foreign policy or on Brazil’s role in the new architecture of aid, despite its increasing presence in Africa and its leading role in debates on international development.

By Bruno Ayllón Pino
17 Nov 2010 //
22 mins Reading time
Governance, Growth and Development (ARI)
Globalization, development and governance Analyses

Governance, Growth and Development (ARI)

The promotion of ‘good governance’ has become one of the pillars of development policies proposed by a large majority of development aid agencies. It is based on the view that ‘good governance’ is a pre-requisite for development. The author critically reviews the relationship between governance, growth and development and draws implications that are relevant for Sub-Saharan African countries.

By Mushtaq H. Khan
17 Sep 2010 //
16 mins Reading time
Changing the Course of MDGs by Changing the Discourse (ARI)
Globalization, development and governance Analyses

Changing the Course of MDGs by Changing the Discourse (ARI)

The review meeting on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that will take place in September 2010 in New York is likely to focus on the usual troika of growth, aid and governance. This paper argues that in order to accelerate the course of MDGs, the discourse at the September meeting should be radically different.

By Jan Vandemoortele
08 Sep 2010 //
16 mins Reading time
India’s Transition to Global Donor: Limitations and Prospects (ARI)
Globalization, development and governance Analyses

India’s Transition to Global Donor: Limitations and Prospects (ARI)

India has increasingly sought to expand its activities as a donor, both to reposition itself as an emerging power and to use aid as an instrument for engaging with other developing countries. This ARI looks at the current state of India’s donor programme as regards both its size and scope, identifies India’s role within the multilateral aid scenario and evaluates the challenges and prospects for further growth.

By Dweep Chanana
23 Jul 2010 //
16 mins Reading time
New Changes and Old Challenges in the Economic Governance of the Eurozone (ARI)
Future of Europe Analyses

New Changes and Old Challenges in the Economic Governance of the Eurozone (ARI)

The tenth anniversary of the creation of the euro coincided with the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. And it did so amid uncertainty over the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. Its entry into force will allow for some improvements, such as greater economic coordination, but some of its weaknesses will remain. Despite this, as a whole the eurozone will probably emerge strengthened from the crisis.

By Clara Crespo
20 Apr 2010 //
19 mins Reading time