Les biens publics mondiaux et la coopération internationale

Gabas, Jean-Jacques; Hugon, Philippe

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“…Clearly a donor must have features that others will want to copy or learn from, because they are innovative, evidence-based and/or well suited to a changing aid context. Some ideas are unlikely to enjoy wider uptake, particularly where they undermine moves towards greater technical rigour (as do softer forms of evaluation), are extremely complex (as are, for example, French bilateral debt cancellation schemes) or demand an overhaul of the entire ODA architecture (as do some more radical interpretations of 'global public goods': see Gabas and Hugon, 2001). Other initiatives, such as the FTT, sit uncomfortably with the neoliberal view of development held by the World Bank and liberal donors.…”

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A Prototypical Case in the Making? Challenging Comparative Perspectives on French Aid

Cumming

2017

Eur J Dev Res

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The comparative literature presents a mixed picture of French development assistance, with qualitative studies portraying this as a 'deviant' case while variable-led analyses view it as broadly 'representative'. Both sets of studies ignore the possibility that French aid might be 'prototypical', laying down ideas and practices for other donors. Drawing upon a conceptual framework and over twenty interviews, this article challenges these comparative perspectives and paves the way for wider consideration of French ideas on international development. It argues that French assistance has undergone 'mainstreaming' and developed prototypical features since Prime Minister Jospin's reforms of the late 1990s. It attributes these prototypical characteristics to France's continuing ambivalence towards international aid norms, its more strategic approach to promoting French ideas and the emergence of a more propitious intellectual climate for those ideas. It concludes by reconciling different perspectives on French assistance and exploring the implications of these findings for Northern aid.La littérature comparée présente un tableau mitigé de l'aide française au développement, avec des études qualitatives la dépeignant comme un cas «déviant» tandis que les analyses multivariées la considèrent comme largement «représentative». Ces deux types d'études ignorent la possibilité que l'aide française puisse être «prototypique», initiant des idées et des pratiques pour d'autres bailleurs de fonds. Fondé sur un cadre conceptuel et sur plus de vingt entretiens, cet article conteste ces perspectives comparatives et ouvre la voie à un examen plus large des idées françaises sur le développement international. Il fait valoir que l'aide française a subi un processus de «mainstreaming» (ou d'intégration) et a développé des caractéristiques prototypiques depuis les réformes du Premier ministre Jospin à la fin des années 1990. Cet article attribue ces caractéristiques prototypiques à l'ambivalence perpétuelle de la France envers les normes internationales d'aide, son approche plus stratégique quant à la promotion des idées françaises, et l'émergence d'un climat intellectuel plus propice à ces idées. Il conclut en conciliant les différents points de vue sur l'aide française et en explorant les implications de ces résultats pour l'aide au développement venant des pays du Nord.

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A Prototypical Case in the Making? Challenging Comparative Perspectives on French Aid

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2017

Eur J Dev Res

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“…Traditionally, economic literature on global public goods distinguishes two categories of such goods: the supranational goods external to national borders, such as common natural heritage; inter-State relations and military security (Gabas and Hugon, 2001;Carbon, 2002). Nowadays, the concept of international public goods has evolved and includes more current elements such as public health or the fight against poverty.…”

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“…Stiglitz (2000) identifies five global public goods, among which international macroeconomic stability, international security, international environment, humanitarian aid and knowledge. IngeKaul (quoted by Gabas and Hugon, 2001) listed more than 60 world public goods. As noted by Siroën (2001), these goods do not necessarily replace national or local public goods.…”

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The Millennium Development Goals in Central Africa: Are they all Achievable?

Tamba¹

2014

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In September 2000, world leaders met in New York to adopt the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs embody a set of purposes with quantified targets and deadlines, which aim to alleviate extreme poverty in the world. MDGs are considered as global public goods because of their "cross-borderliness", their indivisibility as well as their distributive effects. Of the eight MDGs, the reduction of extreme poverty is the goal with the greatest multiplier effect on the others as its analytical framework is based on both an absolute approach and a human development component. In Central Africa, an evaluation of the progress achieved on the MDGs shows that although there is significant progress with increasing primary and secondary education for both genders, considerable effort must be made to improve the public health sector, food self-sufficiency, and poverty reduction. Proposals made to speed up the degree of achievement of the MDGs in Central Africa are targeted towards improving the global framework of economic governance and strengthening of macroeconomic stability. The establishment in Central African countries of the "crony capitalism" economic model could favor the development of the private sector considered as the mainstay of economic growth in these countries.

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“…enfin, sur le plan de la réflexion, la décennie quatre-vingt-dix a vu l'essor de nouveaux débats qui ont progressivement influencé les conceptions du développement. On peut citer par exemple ceux autour des concepts de « déve-loppement durable », de « bonne gouvernance » (World Bank, 1992, 1994 ou encore de « biens publics mondiaux » (Kaul et al,1999;Gabas et Hugon, 2001 Dans ce contexte nouveau, l'APD a vu ses problématiques se complexifier, ses cibles potentielles se modifier et ses finalités se diversifier (véron, 2004;Severino et Charnoz, 2005). Du côté des institutions multilatérales on assiste par exemple au développement de nouvelles conditions de l'octroi de l'aide liées à la gestion et à la prévention des conflits, à la protection de l'environnement, à la lutte contre la pauvreté, aux modes de gouvernance des pays, etc.…”

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Les nouvelles logiques de l’aide publique au développement : entre rationalisation, pragmatisme et logiques institutionnelles

Contamin

Milanesi

Montaud

2009

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Ce travail explore les principales tendances actuelles de l’aide publique au développement (APD) pour en cerner les nouvelles logiques. Le constat initial est celui d’une diversification de ses finalités et d’une exigence renforcée de son efficacité face à un environnement externe nouveau. Cela se traduit par une montée de la notion d’appropriation pour mieux prendre en compte la demande, par un processus d’harmonisation de l’offre d’APD et par une transformation des pratiques qui conjugue rationalisation, pragmatisme et jeux institutionnels. Au final, l’avenir de l’aide semble plus que jamais pluriel pour prendre en compte les diversités des situations et des objectifs.This work examines the main tendencies of aid in order to determine its future. We start from showing that faced to a new external environment the aid needs to diversify its finalities and reinforce its effectiveness. This process is illustrated by an increase of the ownership concept and a better attention paid to the demand side. On the offer side, we see a new organisation based upon better harmonization and new practices witch combine rationality, pragmatism and institutional games. Finaly, the future of aid seems plural in order to take into account the diversity of the situations and purposes

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Les biens publics mondiaux et la coopération internationale

Cited by 31 publications

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A Prototypical Case in the Making? Challenging Comparative Perspectives on French Aid

A Prototypical Case in the Making? Challenging Comparative Perspectives on French Aid

The Millennium Development Goals in Central Africa: Are they all Achievable?

Les nouvelles logiques de l’aide publique au développement : entre rationalisation, pragmatisme et logiques institutionnelles

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