Post-COVID world discourse: four fault lines
A ‘new normal’ will emerge resulting in a significant refashioning of the status quo, for economic agents as well as governance structures globally.
A ‘new normal’ will emerge resulting in a significant refashioning of the status quo, for economic agents as well as governance structures globally.
The global knowledge ecosystem is tilted towards scholars and institutions from the North, with limited access for the South even today. Inclusion of Southern scholars is still limited to participation in pre-set agendas informed by the interests of dominant groups.
This research paper examines the imperative of a new conversation on development effectiveness “from the bottom up”. Four dimensions are addressed: conceptual concerns, emerging trends, political economy issues affecting the global and country levels, and issues related to the measurement of effectiveness.
In this article, it was highlighted that the effectiveness of external public development finance flows is currently at a turning point. Recently, there has been dramatic shifts in the development landscape.
Blended finance is picking up as a new source of finance to meet the funding gap in implementing SDGs. [...]
It is maintained that the aid effectiveness initiative remains an unfinished business. Despite being technically sound, it lacks necessary political ownership on the part of both providers and recipients.