Development Cooperation and Good Governance - 9783658499600

Development Cooperation and Good GovernanceBetween Ambition and Reality\nAuthor(s): Jrn Dosch, Pamina Becker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Germany\nImprint: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden\nISBN-13: 9783658499600, 978-3658499600\nSynopsis\nDevelopment cooperation has long been a subject of controversy. Which approaches produce lasting results? Where do persistent challenges remain? And when must we acknowledge outright failure? Such questions are plentiful, yet reliable answers remain scarce. This book delivers a rigorous and nuanced assessment of development cooperations effectiveness. Its analysis is grounded in a wide-ranging review of independent evaluation reports and several hundred expert interviews. Detailed examplesfrom more than 50 donor and recipient countries on five continents, spanning over two decades, offer a uniquely broad evidence base. Special attention is given to European Union and German initiatives. The focus lieson the effectivenes.