IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/jdevst/v34y1998i3p71-96.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The business of aid: Transparency and accountability in European union development assistance

Author

Listed:
  • James Putzel

Abstract

The European Union has emerged as one of the world's largest aid donors. However, its multilateral aid programme, while well-placed to set a new standard in development assistance, suffers from problems of democratic accountability confronting all transnational actors in an increasingly global community. Examination of the rules governing the European Commission's aid programme to Asian and Latin American countries reveals a pattern of perverse incentives facing private consultants and a lack of access to information that makes the programme virtually unaccountable to both European taxpayers and citizens in recipient countries. Case material from the Philippines illustrates the problems in the Commission's aid programme. Proposals for reform are presented that are both politically feasible and capable of making the programme significantly more transparent and accountable.

Suggested Citation

  • James Putzel, 1998. "The business of aid: Transparency and accountability in European union development assistance," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(3), pages 71-96.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:34:y:1998:i:3:p:71-96
    DOI: 10.1080/00220389808422522
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220389808422522
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/00220389808422522?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Grilli,Enzo R., 1993. "The European Community and the Developing Countries," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521385114, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Md Nazrul Islam, 2004. "Decentralised Governance, Transparency and Accountability: Empirical Evidence from West Bengal," Working Papers 144, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
    2. Ayodele Jimoh, 2002. "Bilateral Official Finance for Private Sector Development and the Role of Non-Government Organizations," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2002-117, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Lars Nilsson, 2002. "Trading relations: is the roadmap from Lometo Cotonou correct?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(4), pages 439-452.
    2. Carlo Secchi, 1993. "Europe et Amérique latine : quelles relations pour les années 90 ?," Revue Tiers Monde, Programme National Persée, vol. 34(136), pages 781-806.
    3. Honório Kume & Pedro Miranda & Marta Reis Castilho, 2004. "Acordo de Livre-Comércio Mercosul-União Européia : Uma Estimativa dos Impactos no Comércio Brasileiro," Discussion Papers 1054, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - IPEA.
    4. Maria Persson & Fredrik Wilhelmsson, 2016. "EU Trade Preferences and Export Diversification," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(1), pages 16-53, January.
    5. Keijzer, Niels & Bartels, Lorand, 2017. "Assessing the legal and political implications of the post-Cotonou negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreements," IDOS Discussion Papers 4/2017, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
    6. Paul Collier & Jan Willem Gunning, 1995. "Trade Policy and Regional Integration: Implications for the Relations between Europe and Africa," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 18(3), pages 387-410, May.
    7. Di Rubbo, P. & Canali, Gabriele, 2008. "A Comparative Study of EU and US Trade Policies for Developing Countries: The Case of Agri-Food Products," 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium 43961, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    8. Iván Martín, 2003. "El Sistema Generalizado de Preferencias: las razones de una frustración (Generalized System of Preferences: The Reasons for the Frustration)," International Trade 0307007, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Giovanni Farese, 2020. "Enrico Cuccia, Mediobanca, and the decolonization of Guinea. An attempt at money-doctoring to boost Italian trade with Africa," HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 9(2), pages 85-96.
    10. Francesco Aiello, 1999. "Effects of STABEX on ACPs' economic growth: Further evidence," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(9), pages 1033-1042.
    11. Mathew Doidge, 2017. "The Changing Place of Development in EU–Asia Relations," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(4), pages 926-941, August.
    12. Philippe Hugon, 1993. "L'Europe et le Tiers Monde : entre la mondialisation et la régionalisation," Revue Tiers Monde, Programme National Persée, vol. 34(136), pages 725-748.
    13. Francesco Aiello, 1999. "The Stabilisation of LDCs' Export Earnings. The impact of the EU STABEX programme," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 71-85.
    14. Cadot, Olivier & de Melo, Jaime & Olarreaga, Marcelo, 1999. "Asymmetric Regionalism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where Do We Stand?," CEPR Discussion Papers 2299, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    15. Österreichische Forschungsstiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (ÖFSE) (ed.), 2005. "Österreichische Entwicklungspolitik 2004. EU-Entwicklungspolitik - Quo vadis?," Austrian Development Policy Report, Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE), number 268185.
    16. Roe, Terry L. & Gopinath, Munisamy, 1996. "World Trade Issues And Food Security," Working Papers 14425, University of Minnesota, Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy.
    17. Persson, Maria & Wilhelmsson, Fredrik, 2006. "Assessing the Effects of EU Trade Preferences for Developing Countries," Working Papers 2006:4, Lund University, Department of Economics, revised 26 Jun 2006.
    18. Maurizio Carbone, 2008. "Better aid, less ownership: multi-annual programming and the EU's development strategies in Africa," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 20(2), pages 218-229.
    19. Sabine C. Zanger, 2000. "Good Governance and European Aid," European Union Politics, , vol. 1(3), pages 293-317, October.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:34:y:1998:i:3:p:71-96. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/FJDS20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.