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Author: Gerrit Stratmann Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster ISBN: 9783825845506 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 292
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A major restriction to Western aid efforts has been a lack of coordination. This book delves into the determinants of successful cooperation between bi- and multilateral donor agencies at the example of Western aid to Eastern Europe in the period from 1990 to 1996. In raising the assumption that networking between international organizations cannot be stimulated by appealing to norm-oriented behavior but is contingent upon the existence of common interests, the idealist view of international relations is seriously challenged. Comparing different assistance sectors - energy, telecoms, mass privatization, agriculture, statistics, central banking, environment and education - it is shown that donor coordination is a form of collective action initiated by donors in response to sectoral market failure which is perceived as significant because it threatens the non-attainment of basic goals or inflicts own projects with high costs or risks.
Author: Gerrit Stratmann Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster ISBN: 9783825845506 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 292
Book Description
A major restriction to Western aid efforts has been a lack of coordination. This book delves into the determinants of successful cooperation between bi- and multilateral donor agencies at the example of Western aid to Eastern Europe in the period from 1990 to 1996. In raising the assumption that networking between international organizations cannot be stimulated by appealing to norm-oriented behavior but is contingent upon the existence of common interests, the idealist view of international relations is seriously challenged. Comparing different assistance sectors - energy, telecoms, mass privatization, agriculture, statistics, central banking, environment and education - it is shown that donor coordination is a form of collective action initiated by donors in response to sectoral market failure which is perceived as significant because it threatens the non-attainment of basic goals or inflicts own projects with high costs or risks.
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G Publisher: BiblioGov ISBN: 9781289225650 Category : Languages : en Pages : 60
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GAO provided information on the status of U.S. economic assistance to eastern Europe, focusing on: (1) program elements and the earmarking of funds under the Support for East European Democracy Act of 1989 (SEED); and (2) U.S. objectives and coordination of assistance. GAO found that the Department of State was concerned over congressional earmarking of SEED funds for specific programs or projects in Poland and Hungary, since the: (1) congressional allocation of some training funds did not serve U.S. government policy interests; (2) heavy emphasis on assistance to the private sector hampered program effectiveness and limited the ability to work with the host government public sectors; and (3) earmarks prevented the United States from responding to quickly changing circumstances in Eastern Europe. GAO also found that: (1) other U.S. agencies reported that neither the international donor community nor the host governments set economic assistance priorities; (2) Hungarian officials did not clearly identify the type and amount of assistance it needed; (3) donors provided uncoordinated technical assistance that could be duplicative, overlapping, or conflicting; (4) the United States stated that, if the host governments failed to set their own priorities, the U.S. government will go ahead with its priorities; (5) the U.S. objectives in eastern Europe included political pluralism, economic reform, enhanced respect for human rights, and friendly relations with the United States; and (6) the implementing agencies were critical of the Agency for International Development's attempts to exercise management authority over projects it was not implementing.
Author: Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317980271 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 145
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The states from Central and Eastern Europe that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 provide a fascinating series of case studies for scholars interested in politics, IR and development studies. The interest comes from the fact that never before had so many recipients of EU aid joined the Union and taken on the commitment to become aid donors. The journey from recipients of aid to aid donors is interesting because, not only does it tell us about development policy in CEE states, this policy area gives us an insight into governmental structures in CEE states, foreign policy priorities, public opinion, the role of NGOs/civil society and how well CEE states have taken on board the EU acquis (the EU’s rule book). The book also explores whether the development cooperation programmes of the majority of CEESs reflect the so-called "transition experience" of moving from authoritarianism and socialism to democracy and modern liberalism. It also explores the extent to which these donors are aligned with the approaches of the DAC donors. Finally, by extending the scrutiny to the bottom-up development activities of non-state actors and public opinion, the book will analyse the dynamics of the solidarity of the former ‘East’ with the global ‘South’. This book was published as a special issue of Perspectives on European Politics and Society
Author: Profant, Tomáš Publisher: kassel university press GmbH ISBN: 3737650039 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 5
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Eastern European countries were said to be playing catch up with the West, and in the field of development cooperation, they were classified as ‘new donors.’ This book aims to problematize this distinction between old and new development donors, applying an East–West dimension to global Orientalism discourse. The book uses a novel double postcolonial perspective, examining North – South relations and East–West relations simultaneously, and problematizing these distinctions. In particular, the book deploys an empirical analysis of a ‘new’ Eastern European donor (Slovakia), compared with an ‘old’ donor (Austria), in order to explore questions around hierarchization, depoliticization and the legitimization of development. This book’s innovative approach to the East–West dimension of global Orientalism will be of interest to researchers in postcolonial studies, Eastern European studies, and critical development studies.
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 104
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East Publisher: ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 184
Author: Jeanne Kirk Laux Publisher: ISBN: Category : Canada Languages : en Pages : 64
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This paper provides a Who's Who profile of the key players now giving economic assistance. It examines the policies of the major donors and the major institutions, in particular the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as the first post-Cold War international organization. It also suggests how assistance programmes have implications for a regional security as leaders of the United States and the European twelve especially try to redesign European àrchitecture' to fit the needs of post-Cold War Europe.
Author: Janine R. Wedel Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1466892250 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 451
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When the Soviet Union's communist empire collapsed in 1989, a mood of euphoria took hold in the West and in Eastern Europe. The West had won the ultimate victory--it had driven a silver stake through the heart of Communism. Its next planned step was to help the nations of Eastern Europe to reconstruct themselves as democratic, free-market states, and full partners in the First World Order. But that, as Janine Wedel reveals in this gripping volume, was before Western governments set their poorly conceived programs in motion. Collision and Collusion tells the bizarre and sometimes scandalous story of Western governments' attempts to aid the former Soviet block. He shows how by mid-decade, Western aid policies had often backfired, effectively discouraging market reforms and exasperating electorates who, remarkably, had voted back in the previously despised Communists. Collision and Collusion is the first book to explain where the Western dollars intended to aid Eastern Europe went, and why they did so little to help. Taking a hard look at the bureaucrats, politicians, and consultants who worked to set up Western economic and political systems in Eastern Europe, the book details the extraordinary costs of institutional ignorance, cultural misunderstanding, and unrealistic expectations.
Author: Gerrit Stratmann
Author: Gerrit Stratmann
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Author: Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň
Author: Profant, Tomáš 
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
Author: Jeanne Kirk Laux
Author: Janine R. Wedel