gabriele koehler sdl lecture, 12 may 2011
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Some new trends in development cooperation – nightmares and dreams?
Gabriele KöhlerVisiting Fellow, Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team, IDS, Sussex
IDS SussexSussex development lectureBrighton, 12 May 2011
Overview: 1) Where are we?
poverty, exclusion, acute crises
2) Evolution of the development cooperation architecture
six phases
3) Nightmares and dreams resulting from the „bipolar“ architecture
4) The case for a bold visionrights-based, universalist, transformative
Where are we? human development &income poverty
Human development at aggregate level:
slow but steady improvement
Human Development Index, trends 1970-2010
Where are we? human development &income poverty
Absolute number and share of extremely poor people has declined since 1990 globally
Where are we? Income poverty & human development
But: number of extremely poor in Africa and South Asia increased using $1.25 per personday income poverty
measure
Number of poor and vulnerable people: 2.5 billion persons using $2 per personday income
poverty measure
Where are we? Systemic social exclusions & intersecting inequalities in North and South
Economic inequalitiesSocial inequalitiesGender and age inequalitiesSpatial inequalities Political inequalities
Where are we? Economic, fiscal, climate crises
at least 100 million more people hungry and undernourished an estimated 64 million more people in income poverty 205 million people unemployed at least 55,000 more children likely to die each year from 2009 to 2015 175 million children affected by climate change
Where are we? Converging North and South
MDG outcomes worst among socially excluded groups – in North and South
Income gap widening Human development gap
widening within countries
Evolution of development architecturePhase I: Colonial administration(1900s – 1950s)
Predominant ideology:• Spreading „progress“ and „civilisation“
Driving forces:• Colonial regimes for economic gain
• Colonial regimes for resources
• Colonial regimes for power
Evolution of development architecturePhase II: Independence movements & „development aid“ (1960-1980)
Predominant ideology: Transfer capital and technology to the capital-
deficient South – economistic approach to development
Keynesian economics State led growth
Driving forces: • independence movements in the South
• post-war recovery, affluence, guilt in the North –
• Re- nascent globalisation
Evolution of development architecturePhase III: structural adjustment(1980s – 1989/1990 and beyond)
Predominant ideology:• Overstating role of marktes, downplaying the
role of the state, intervening in developing country governments‘ policy space
Driving forces:• Economic and political strength of the
developed countries
• Interest in „South“ for markets, production – global value chains
• Debt crisis in the South
Evolution of development architecturePhase IV: Cooperation as “partnerships” (1990s – 2000)
Predominant ideology: End of the „cold war“ : rebalancing of
power
• Seeming collapse of state-led development
• Series of UN global summits -• Social development theme
Driving forces: • greater economic dependence of the North
on the South
• Emerging South North trade and investment
Evolution of development architecturePhase V: MDGs; Aid Effectiveness (2000 – 2008)
• Predominant ideologies:
• push for human development
• focus on social development – different from economistic approaches of the 1960s
• development onus on the South
• the „bad governance“ discourse
Driving forces: economic & political polarisation • Stalled progress on human development; • Slow economic growth – or jobless growth; • Multiple social exclusions; • Accelerating domestic conflicts;• Climate change and accelerating frequency of disasters
Evolution of development architecturePhase VI: Bipolar development since 2008
Drivers Emerging BRIC(S) donors with export success, outward
investment, sovereign funds G-20, pushing „G-192“ aside New bilateral donors changing the donor landscape Private foundations - more grants available
Predominant ideology•“Pluri-pragmatism”
•One size fits all versus national ownership & policy space•Growth and human development• Overemphasis on evidence based policy-making versus analytical and policy debates versus grand design and visions of social justice
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Countries of the worldestimated GDP in purchasing power parity, 2010
G 20 countries:
Circa 90 per cent of global GNP 80 per cent of world trade Two-thirds of the world's population. ( Source: http://www.g20.org/about_what_is_g20.aspx
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dreams and nightmares:Nightmares
New economic realities – poverty and vulnerability in South and NorthLosers of globalisation – the informal
economy, the poor, migrants, the socially excluded, children, women, people with disabilities
Informal economy with ever increasing casualisation of labour in global and local production chains
Dreams and nightmares:Nightmares
New colonialism of the MICs – landgrab, collusion with corrupt governments – social and environmental sell-outs, ODA driven by security or commercial interests
G20 replacing “G192”, undermining the UN
Dreams and nightmares: “Dreams”
Recognition of commonalitiesBargaining opportunity for lowest
income countries – policy space and new sources of support
South-South policy diffusionNorth policy transfers
Dreams and nightmares: Dreams
Multilateral level Orientation to human rights and a normative framework
Emergence of rights oriented conventions and instruments in the UN context
right to food, FAO 2004, Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security - includes livelihoods and land reform
World Health Assembly 2008 - return to Alma Ata primary health care for all
Global Social Floor Initiative since 2009 –striving for an ILO or UN Convention on Social Protection for all
MDGs 2010: more emphasis on equity, inclusion, human rights
Special rapporteurs - experts of OHCHR combining the humanist with the intellectual
Dreams and nightmares – Dreams „Millennium plus”
attention to employment and decent work push for social protection & the global social
floor emphasis on maternal and child health attention to agriculture, rural development
and the need for land reform recognition of social exclusion with a new
focus on equity policies reference to tax reform for redistribution and
to fund social policy
Special Rapporteurs/Independent Experts of the OHCHR – themes
right to education; human rights and extreme poverty; right to food; right to adequate housing; access to safe drinking water and sanitation; against violence against women; physical and mental health; economic policies and debt; TNCs; and other substantive normative areas.
Dreams and nightmares: DreamsG20 Seoul development consensus action points
1) infrastructure, 2) private investment and job creation, 3) human resource development, 4) trade, 5) financial inclusion, 6) growth with resilience, 7) food security, 8) domestic resource mobilization,9) knowledge sharingPrinciples: highlight human rights but reliance on economic growth
Dreams and nightmares: Country level innovations: Dreams
Dreams
• Progressive, rights-based, universalistic policies
• Rights to education, health, school meals, food, • Right to work – employment – decent work• Right to information• Right to social protection
• Rediscovery of the role of the state
The case for a bold vision: Ultimate reason for development cooperation
Improve – enhance - transform - human development outcomes
o Social justice –o Equitable inclusive human
development
The case for a bold vision:Rights-based approaches re income poverty
Employment and decent work as the key response – development of services
Agricultural development, land reform, and rural off-farm employment opportunities, access to agricultural inputs and to (micro)credit
Social protection as a support mechanism
Climate change mitigation action
The case for a bold vision:Rights-based approaches re equitable access to social services
Ensure universal free services delivery Equitable access to services,
geographically and socially Ensure equal quality of services – staffing,
people skills and material resources Ensure cultural sensitivity Ensure transparent information Enable inclusive and equitable participatory
programming and participation
The case for a bold vision: Rights-based approaches re exclusion
Address on-going exclusion and discrimination-affirmative action (reservation, representation, protective legislations, budget allocations)
Ensure compensatory/reparatory measures Protect against violence Address impunity Support public education and behaviour change
to address discrimination and exclusion Ensure inclusive social services, including in
emergencies and humanitarian crises Change disparaging language and designations Enable inclusive programming
The case for a bold vision: Next steps?
Normative umbrella of international development cooperation: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Recapture UN’s lead role in advocating for
universal human rights and social justice Influence the discussions on “post 2015”
Make the dreams come true
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