The development policy system now and in the future

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Gonsior, Viktoria / Stephan Klingebiel
Mitarbeiter sonstige

in: Bracho, Gerardo / Richard Carey / William Hynes / Stephan Klingebiel / Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval, Origins, evolution and future of global development cooperation: the role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 548-577

ISBN: 978-3-96021-163-1

This chapter identifies and examines fundamental changes observed in the development policy system over recent years across three dimensions –narratives (why?), strategies (how?) and operational approaches (what?). The changes are diverse, ranging from new narratives applied to the development policy context (such as the migration narrative, climate change consequences and the COVID-19 pandemic), to new strategic considerations (such as developing countries’ graduation issues), new instruments (in theform of development finance at the interface with the private sector), and new concepts for project implementation (application of frontier technologies). We discuss the implications and effects of these trends in terms of holistic changes to the wider development policy system. Do these changes go hand in hand and ultimately build on each other? Or are we observing a disconnect between the narratives that frame the engagement of actors in development policy, their strategies for delivery and their operational approaches in partner countries? Based on a literature review and information gathered in expert interviews and brainstorming sessions, this chapter sheds light on these questions by exploring current trends and presenting ongoing disconnects between the why, what and how in the development policy system. Further, we argue that the importance of such disconnects is increasing. In particular, continuing or even amplifying disconnections in the development policy system become more problematic given the availability of a universal 2030Agenda for Sustainable Development and the need for a wider system of global cooperation to scale up delivery to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

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Klingebiel, Stephan

Political Science