Development Co-operation Report 2023
Debating the Aid System
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In the last three years, multiple global crises and the growing urgency of containing climate change have put current models of development co-operation to, perhaps, their most radical test in decades. The goal of a better world for all seems harder to reach, with new budgetary pressures, demands to provide regional and global public goods, elevated humanitarian needs, and increasingly complex political settings. Critique of the roots, rationale and operations of the international aid system is resulting in calls for fundamental change, manifesting, for example, in the movements to address colonial legacies and racism in the sector. This 60th anniversary edition of the Development Co-operation Report takes stock of these challenges, and proposes ways forward along four lines of action: unlock progress to deliver existing commitments; support locally led transformation in partner countries; modernise business models and financial management practices; and rebalance power relations in international decision making and partnerships. The report draws on insights from heads of state, leaders of international organisations, practitioners, academia and civil society, with particular emphasis on voices representing the diverse experiences and perspectives of low- and middle-income countries and their populations.
Also available in: French
In my view: Are feminist foreign policies translating to real action?
In 2014, Margot Wallström, then the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced the world’s first feminist foreign policy (FFP). It took another three years before another country, in this case Canada, announced its Feminist International Assistance Policy. In 2022, a total of 13 high-, medium- or low-income countries have launched or are developing FFPs. Sweden’s foreign minister announced in October 2022 that the country will no longer label its foreign policy as feminist. Twelve other countries still have or are developing FFPs: Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Scotland and Spain.
Also available in: French
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