DISTINGUISHING DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES FROM COLONIAL BUREAUS EXERCISING SOFT POWER: REFORMING IMPERIAL ECONOMICS AND ITS ADMINISTRATION*
Journal Title: Journal of Globalization Studies - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
This article offers a method for examining the actual functions of agencies that identify as doing ‘development’ work, both overseas and domestically, in a way that helps to separate two areas of legitimate functions – development as defined under international legal instruments and ‘disaster management’ (along with relief, poverty reduction, and global risks to health and climate) – from inappropriate or illegal activities that fit various definitions of colonialism (including internal) and imperialism in contemporary globalization. Quick applications can be used to screen several international and domestic ‘development’ organizations to suggest partial or serious deviations from their stated missions. Use of a two-part test suggests that most international organizations, government ‘development’ agencies, and agencies with domestic roles for ‘development’ are failing to separate disaster management functions from development and/or are pursuing colonial policies under the guise of development. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is offered as a brief case study.
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David Lempert
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