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Towards an enhanced understanding of aid policy reform: Learning from theFrench case
In: Public administration and development: the international journal of management research and practice, Volume 38, Issue 5, p. 179-189
ISSN: 1099-162X
SummaryMajor overhauls of aid policies and institutions are comparatively rare. When they happen, they are usually ascribed to pressures arising from outside donor agencies. Where internal forces for change are identified, the focus is on field operatives rather than political entrepreneurs based in donor head offices. This article homes in on the role of the political entrepreneur and shows how this actor can help effect top‐down reforms to overseas development assistance. It does so by combining a political entrepreneurship perspective with a broader theorisation of policy change, historical institutionalism, and applying this innovative framework to French aid reforms over the years (2001–2010) when Jean‐Michel Severino was Managing Director of the Agence Française de Développement. It finds that, although historical institutionalism can explain the broad direction of French changes in terms of "structural factors" such as exogenous shocks and new institutional configurations, it struggles to account for incremental shifts and the emergence of "new" ideas. Political entrepreneurship addresses these issues through its emphasis on individual human agents and their operational and ideational strategies. It concludes that this relatively parsimonious framework could provide an enhanced understanding of other reforms in the international development field and beyond.
Histoire de l'Agence française de développement en Côte d'Ivoire, by François Pacquement Paris: Karthala, 2015. Pp. 253. €25 (pbk)
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Volume 55, Issue 2, p. 339-341
ISSN: 1469-7777
A prototypical case in the making?: Challenging comparative perspectives on French aid
In: The European journal of development research, Volume 29, Issue 1, p. 19-36
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A Prototypical Case in the Making? Challenging Comparative Perspectives on French Aid
In: The European journal of development research, Volume 29, Issue 1, p. 19-36
ISSN: 1743-9728
Europeanisation through the prism of regime complexity: the case of French aid
In: European politics and society, Volume 17, Issue 1, p. 12-27
ISSN: 2374-5126
The European Union in Sudan: A Missed Opportunity?
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Volume 104, Issue 4, p. 473-488
ISSN: 1474-029X
Nicolas Sarkozy's Africa policy: change, continuity or confusion?
In: French politics, Volume 11, Issue 1, p. 24-47
ISSN: 1476-3419
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Nicolas Sarkozy's Africa policy: Change, continuity or confusion?
In: French politics, Volume 11, Issue 1, p. 24-47
ISSN: 1476-3427
Good intentions are not enough: French NGO efforts at democracy building in Cameroon
In: Development in practice, Volume 21, Issue 2, p. 218-231
ISSN: 1364-9213
Burying the hatchet? Britain and France in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 547-573
ISSN: 1469-7777
ABSTRACTAgainst the background of conflict in the Great Lakes Region, the UK and France promised, at their 1998 Saint-Malo summit, to set aside rivalries and cooperate on Africa. In subsequent Anglo-French gatherings, they singled out the DRC and pledged to work together there to promote peace and tackle poverty. This article asks whether this coordination took place and whether it involved a 'deconflictualisation' of approaches, 'coincidental' cooperation, or 'sustained and reciprocal' collaboration. It looks for evidence of institutionalisation of UK-French ties and policy cooperation in the fields of peacebuilding and poverty reduction. It then identifies the pressures for, and barriers to, collaboration, focusing particularly on the role of interests, foreign policy norms, institutional factors and resource constraints. It concludes by setting out the wider implications of UK-French cooperation and the limited prospects of closer future collaboration.
Burrying the hatchet?: Britain and France in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 547-573
ISSN: 0022-278X
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French NGOs and the state: paving the way for a new partnership?
In: French politics, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 145-166
ISSN: 1476-3419
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French NGOs and the state: Paving the way for a new partnership?
In: French politics, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 145-166
ISSN: 1476-3427
Britain in Africa
In: International affairs, Volume 84, Issue 5, p. 1048-1049
ISSN: 0020-5850