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UK development policy and domestic politics 1997–2016

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  • Gerard Clarke

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Debate surrounds the relative importance of development aid and development policy in donor efforts to support international development. Likewise, the literature on UK development policy points to its putative stability and consistency over time. Both perspectives, however, underplay the political contention which characterises UK development policy and its variable effects. This article, therefore, examines UK development policy between 1997 and 2016 and the varying extent to which it gave rise to contentious politics over time. It explores three politically-significant periods in the context of UK development policy between 1997 and 2016: the first between 1997 and 2003, characterised, I argue, by political consensus and managed contention; a second between 2003 and 2010, characterised by transition and emerging political contention; and a third, between 2010 and 2016, characterised by contentious politics and political fracturing. I associate the first period with effective political vision and direction and the third with a significant erosion of both, to the detriment of UK development policy and its efficacy. In conclusion, I argue that UK development policy has been most effective when it has been underpinned by a clear and consensual political vision.

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  • Gerard Clarke, 2018. "UK development policy and domestic politics 1997–2016," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(1), pages 18-34, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:39:y:2018:i:1:p:18-34
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1369032
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    1. Treffgarne, Carew B.W., 2019. "Joined-up government? Insights from education during DFID’s first decade," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 45-55.
    2. Swetha Ramachandran, 2024. "From empire to aid: Analysing persistence of colonial legacies in foreign aid to Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2024-47, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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