Multilateral donors and the security-development nexus: discourse and practice in conflict-affected states

Petríková, Ivica; Lazell, Melita

doi:10.1080/14678802.2017.1401841

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“…In Bangladesh, although livelihood programs boost income and alleviate poverty, they have limited impact on food security (Alam & Rahman, 2017). Conflict-affected areas face challenges despite improvements in household income and poverty reduction (Puri & Shrestha, 2017).…”

Section: Livelihood Projects Around the Worldmentioning

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Impact of Provincial Livestock Program on Mountain Province Livelihoods: Review

CALDE,

MARCELO,

FELIMON

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This literature review examines the role of livelihood projects, particularly focusing on small-scale poultry production and livelihood diversification initiatives, in promoting poverty alleviation and enhancing food security in Sub-Saharan Africa and Mountain Province, Philippines. Various studies have highlighted the potential of small-scale poultry farming to uplift rural communities by providing alternative sources of income and nutrition. However, challenges such as disease control and market access must be addressed to maximize the impact of these projects. Similarly, livelihood diversification efforts in Uganda offer opportunities for income generation and poverty reduction but require supportive policies and resources. Additionally, the enactment of Provincial Ordinance No. 264, known as the Barangay Muna Program, by the Provincial Government of Mountain Province underscores a proactive approach to addressing socio-economic needs at the grassroots level. By leveraging local resources and governance structures, these initiatives aim to promote equitable development, social cohesion, and inclusive growth within their respective contexts. Overall, this review underscores the potential of livelihood projects to foster sustainable development and improve the well-being of communities in diverse geographical settings.

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Section: Livelihood Projects Around the Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Provincial Livestock Program on Mountain Province Livelihoods: Review

CALDE,

MARCELO,

FELIMON

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“…In all of these cases, the methodology is based on the authors' summaries and interpretations of official documents, bolstered by semi-structured interviews. However, Petrikova and Lazell (2017) take a different approach to studying multilateral donors such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the European Commission, and the World Bank. Their study of these agents' discourse consists of codifying official texts such as the World Bank's World Development Reports.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: Aid Securitization In Academic Litera...mentioning

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“…In this work, with a similar standardised technique to that of Petrikova and Lazell (2017), we codify the aid discourse of major EU donors (accounting for over three quarters of total EU aid) in the early 2000s and the mid 2010s. This allows us to observe the gradual securitization of aid narratives across time and also to explore the extent to which such securitization is the result of a changing narrative in the Union as a whole or in some of its members.…”

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Whose and what aid securitisation? An analysis of EU aid narratives and flows

Pérez

2021

Third World Quarterly

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There is a growing perception that arguments favouring security are gaining ground in the aid narrative and that aid allocation is changing accordingly. This work explores the extent and features of such shifts in the particular case of the EU.We observe the evolution of development paradigms (social development, sustainable development, and security) and aid motives (solidarity, common interests, and self-interest) in the aid discourse. This is done by means of content analysis of strategic aid documents of a selection of European donors (the EU institutions, the Netherlands, the UK, Germany, France, Sweden and Spain). We then explore the eventual shift in the aid budgets of those same donors.In line with previous work on EU aid securitization, we find evidence of securitization in both narratives and aid flows. However, such trend is far from homogeneous, showing the complexity and diversity within the Union. There is practically no evidence of securitization in the EU institutions, Spain and Sweden. We find mixed evidence for the Netherlands, Germany and France (where narratives and flow changes towards securitization do not necessarily match) and, finally, a significant shift in the UK, where aid narratives and aid flows have been significantly securitized.

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“…Similarly, Brown and Grävingholt claim that "international aid agencies have revised their aid strategies to reflect new security concerns and increased aid to strategic conflict-affected countries" (Brown & Grävingholt, 2016b, pp. 1-2;Woods, 2005, p. 393;Beall et al, 2006, p. 55;Petrikova & Lazell, 2017). Development NGOs express similar concerns.…”

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Is development aid securitized? Evidence from a cross‐country examination of aid commitments

Lazell

Petríková

2020

Development Policy Review

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Motivation How has the securitization of development affected the distribution of bilateral development aid by sector? Over the past two decades, academics and development NGOs have become increasingly concerned about the impact of the securitization of development. This debate has not, however, adequately addressed the impact of securitization on actual aid commitments to key sectors. If aid commitments are influenced by securitization this will have implications for the types of programmes funded by bilateral donors. Purpose This article examines whether and how securitization has affected the distribution of UK, US, Danish and Swedish development aid by sector through investigating how conflict in aid‐recipient states—and the extent to which these states are perceived as a security threat—affect aid commitments to priority sectors; democratization and peace, conflict and security. Approach and Methods A mixed‐methods approach analyses the policy discourse and aid commitments of the four bilateral donors. The former involves a systematic collection and analysis of development policy documents from the four donors over the last two decades. For the latter we use data from the OECD's Creditor Reporting System and the Uppsala University Conflict Data Programme, along with data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and the Global Terrorism Database in a cross‐sectional time‐series regression analysis. Findings The new data produced indicate that the securitization of development has had the most significant effect on aid commitments to states not affected by conflict and that the strategic importance of conflict‐affected states and the domestic character of donor governments both influence the strength of aid securitization. Policy Implications Given the concerns regarding aid for security purposes and donors’ policy discourse, bilateral donors should consider the need of current funding for conflict, peace and security programmes in states not affected by conflict and recognize the role of national security interests in decisions about the distribution of aid.

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Multilateral donors and the security-development nexus: discourse and practice in conflict-affected states

Cited by 13 publications

References 32 publications

Impact of Provincial Livestock Program on Mountain Province Livelihoods: Review

Impact of Provincial Livestock Program on Mountain Province Livelihoods: Review

Whose and what aid securitisation? An analysis of EU aid narratives and flows

Is development aid securitized? Evidence from a cross‐country examination of aid commitments

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