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Title: Europe and the international development architecture'


1
Europe and the international development
architecture.
  • Andrew Rogerson, ODI
  • SID conference, Europe and The South, The Hague
    27/9/04

2
Scope
  • Narrow view-aid, IFIs, institutions.
  • What shapes international architecture?
  • Europes schizoid take on development
  • What would make EU punch its weight?

3
Limitations
  • Aid system, not coherence focus
  • Focus on IFI not UN system
  • Focus on EU institutions, not Europe

4
What Shapes Global Aid System?
  • Many suppliers, weak owners, weak users, no exit.
  • 4 Forces
  • Shifting palette of mandates, inc. poverty
  • Extent of financial security.
  • Creative tensions with NGOs
  • Mix of high and low sovereignty recipients.

5
.. for example..
  • Migration and aid.
  • EDF ring fenced, Budget fungible.
  • Special facilities bid out to NGOs.
  • Mediterranean, post-conflict.

6
Europes schizoid tendency on aid
  • Enormous collective weight
  • Reluctance to pool sovereignty
  • G8 configuration vs. EU.
  • Control mentality inputs vs. outcomes
  • The visibility trap

7
How could EU punch its weight in international
ring?
  • Long-term vision of European G8, GX
  • No taxation without representation EU funding
    for global priorityseat at table.
  • Dont let visibility make us invisible!
  • Experiment with EU coordination
  • Trade off patronage on IMF, WB leadership
  • Use small country voices.
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