Global Governance Campaigning and<scp>mdg</scp>s: from top-down to bottom-up anti-poverty work

Bond, Patrick

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“…These shortcomings may have larger repercussions for developing countries, which are heavily reliant upon foreign aid for development expenditures. The UNs' decisions (based on tools such as those of the MDGs) with regard to global priorities have historically had a huge influence on the operational frameworks of UN affiliates, INGOs and NGOs [23,27]. This, in turn, has a tremendous influence on resource allocation for national and local level programs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many argued that using the MDG targets as a common measure of success for all developing countries was unfair, and could encourage the 'misrepresentation of outcomes' and the distortion of statistics [20,21,28]. Finally, the participation of developing countries in setting international development goals was limited to soliciting feedback and endorsements from heads of state, as is common for many top-down sustainable development assessments [5,11,15,26,27,30,31]. Many donor agencies and national governments have used MDGs as their "consensus objectives" to define development needs at national and local levels, without paying much heed to local contexts and riorities [15].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This produces unreliable and suspect rankings among countries [21]. Additionally, inequality and poor governance have long been associated with poverty and slow development, but these were mostly overlooked by the MDGs [15,[25][26][27][28][29]. Many argued that using the MDG targets as a common measure of success for all developing countries was unfair, and could encourage the 'misrepresentation of outcomes' and the distortion of statistics [20,21,28].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Critical Review of the Millennium Project in Nepal

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2016

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"Our Common Future" harmonized development policies around a new sustainable development (SD) paradigm, and experts also emphasize the importance of a democratic and equitable approach to define and achieve sustainable development. However, SD targets and indicators are often defined by a suite of experts or a few stakeholder groups, far removed from on-the-ground conditions. The most common expert-led development framework, the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), promoted one set of targets and indicators for all developing countries. While progress towards these targets was routinely reported at the national scale, these targets may not reflect context-specific sustainable development. We evaluated the relevance and comprehensiveness of MDG 7 (environmental sustainability) for Nepal. Although Nepal has met most of the MDG 7 (e.g., forest cover, protected areas coverage, water and sanitation), on closer inspection these indicators do not provide adequate context for ensuring that these targets provide the intended levels of development. Simple forest cover and protected area indicators belie the dearth of ecological conservation on the ground, and water and sanitation indicators do not reflect the inequality of access based on poverty and regions. While the Millennium Development Goals align with broad sustainability concerns in Nepal, these indicators do not reveal its true development conditions.

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Critical Review of the Millennium Project in Nepal

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2016

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“…The approach is often used to develop the macro-level economy of the community or region (Ashley & Elliott, 2003). Its main characteristic is a dominant form of policy planning and implementation initiated by government bodies (Bond, 2006). The td approach is often used when government authorities traditionally hold strong power over local communities and in which a hierarchical structure is culturally embraced in the society (e.g.…”

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The Role of Intermediaries in Community Capacity Building: Pro-Poor Tourism Perspective

Saito

2017

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A growing recognition that tourism is a feasible strategy for poverty alleviation explains why pro-poor tourism (ppt) has gained increased attention. While many developing nations have benefited from the positive effects that ppt brings to their local economies, many communities are left behind due to their lack of capacity to conduct tourism activities. To develop local communities and introduce ppt, topdown (td) and bottom-up (bu) approaches have often been adopted; however, these approaches cannot yield expected outcomes without strong stakeholder intermediaries who play a crucial role in overcoming key challenges inherited in community capacity building. This study examines the roles of four types of stakeholder intermediaries commonly discussed in community capacity building. Based on their roles and limitations, the study presents a framework that proposes a context in which each type of stakeholder intermediary contributes prominently to successful community capacity building. The study provides valuable insights into how scholars and practitioners can consider the selection and application of different types of stakeholder intermediaries in community capacity building for the successful adaptation of ppt.

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“…By their decree, a national reform programme wanting to sustain itself for the majority of Tongan people had to reverse top-down governance and embed change management from the bottom-up (Bond, 2006;Hoff, 2003 Pulu, 2014a).…”

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Who Owns Tonga: Dialogues with Sefita Hao’uli, Kalafi Moala, and Melino Maka

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2014

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Global Governance Campaigning andmdgs: from top-down to bottom-up anti-poverty work

Cited by 109 publications

References 3 publications

Critical Review of the Millennium Project in Nepal

Critical Review of the Millennium Project in Nepal

The Role of Intermediaries in Community Capacity Building: Pro-Poor Tourism Perspective

Who Owns Tonga: Dialogues with Sefita Hao’uli, Kalafi Moala, and Melino Maka

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