Broader Ownership for Development

Zimmermann, Felix; McDonnell, Ida

doi:10.1787/9789264045590-2-en

“…But non-monetary incentives, such as giving staff a choice of job assignments or overseas postings, giving staff greater visibility, opportunities for special training or sponsored research, and staff development programmes, can also be important. Incentives that encourage experienced staff to take field assignments include making promotion to senior management positions conditional on difficult postings and proactive schemes to assist returning staff find rewarding jobs when they return to headquarters (OECD, 2008c). When staff are posted overseas, donors have to consider career development for spouses as well as education for children.…”

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“…'Domestic ownership' is important for effective development intervention as the concept of 'country ownership' considers the goals and interests of the recipient (Killick, 2008). However, in practice, the capability and roles of the recipient countries, the donors' perceptions towards the recipients, and lack of specification of the term, have influenced donors' decisions in involving the recipient country in development intervention (Zimmermann & McDonnell, 2008;Buffardi, 2013).…”

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Understanding the influence of development interventions on women beneficiaries' perceptions of empowerment: A case study in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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<p>This thesis argues that international development interventions influence the way women perceive empowerment. It does so by looking at aid relationships and the relevance of development interventions. It involves a case study of Oxfam’s Restoring Coastal Livelihoods Project (2010-2015) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Efforts to empower women have been channeled through various approaches. However, little has been said about the practice of aid relations within projects and how aid relations work through the ‘aid chain’ and influence women’s perceptions of empowerment. Also, there has not been much said about how, in the intersectionality of aid relationships, women make ‘empowerment’ their own, appropriate it, transform it, adapt it to their stories and needs through their active engagement in projects. The qualitative research which involved a five-month period of ethnographic research found that women beneficiaries perceived empowerment mostly based on their experiences in the project. However, the degree of empowerment is relative to the types of women’s engagement, the nature of activities, and their general understanding of gender relations. The project has brought economic-driven gender awareness by facilitating women’s practical and strategic needs through economic groups. It has also brought empowerment consequences which went beyond the economic dimension. The research highlights the importance of personal, relational, and multidimensional aspects of empowerment in women’s perceptions of empowerment. Efforts to empower women seem to still rely on external intervention to facilitate the process and to deal with existing dynamics of power relations. The findings reassert that women’s empowerment requires enabling internal and external environments to promote women’s awareness of, and capacity for, empowerment. Finally, the thesis underlines that empowerment depends highly on women’s personal experiences, awareness, agency, resources, choice, willingness, and commitment. This research contributes to our understanding of women, aid, and development as it highlights the multidimensional and multi-layered aspects of aid relations and women’s empowerment.</p>

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“…For example, on the clarity on the notion of ownership, who should be involved in what activities, and types of country ownership. Country ownership is indicated by the involvement of the recipient countries in the decisionmaking process, prioritisation of issues, and fund management of international aid (Zimmermann & McDonnell, 2008). Therefore, ownership is important to ensure project relevance to the beneficiaries' needs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This means that international efforts for aid effectiveness require the donors to provide meaningful space, authority, and involvement of the recipient country, the non-state actors, and the beneficiaries in order to avoid domination of the donors and to make the aid relevant to the recipients (Buffardi, 2013). The meaningful space for the involvement of the recipient country should be indicated in their involvement in the aidrelated activities, such as in the decision-making process, prioritisation of the issue, and fund management (Zimmermann & McDonnell, 2008).…”

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Understanding the influence of development interventions on women beneficiaries' perceptions of empowerment: A case study in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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<p>This thesis argues that international development interventions influence the way women perceive empowerment. It does so by looking at aid relationships and the relevance of development interventions. It involves a case study of Oxfam’s Restoring Coastal Livelihoods Project (2010-2015) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Efforts to empower women have been channeled through various approaches. However, little has been said about the practice of aid relations within projects and how aid relations work through the ‘aid chain’ and influence women’s perceptions of empowerment. Also, there has not been much said about how, in the intersectionality of aid relationships, women make ‘empowerment’ their own, appropriate it, transform it, adapt it to their stories and needs through their active engagement in projects. The qualitative research which involved a five-month period of ethnographic research found that women beneficiaries perceived empowerment mostly based on their experiences in the project. However, the degree of empowerment is relative to the types of women’s engagement, the nature of activities, and their general understanding of gender relations. The project has brought economic-driven gender awareness by facilitating women’s practical and strategic needs through economic groups. It has also brought empowerment consequences which went beyond the economic dimension. The research highlights the importance of personal, relational, and multidimensional aspects of empowerment in women’s perceptions of empowerment. Efforts to empower women seem to still rely on external intervention to facilitate the process and to deal with existing dynamics of power relations. The findings reassert that women’s empowerment requires enabling internal and external environments to promote women’s awareness of, and capacity for, empowerment. Finally, the thesis underlines that empowerment depends highly on women’s personal experiences, awareness, agency, resources, choice, willingness, and commitment. This research contributes to our understanding of women, aid, and development as it highlights the multidimensional and multi-layered aspects of aid relations and women’s empowerment.</p>

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