1. A Global Development Paradigm for a World in Crisis
- Author:
- Rachael Calleja, Beata Cichocka, Mikaela Gavas, and Samuel Pleeck
- Publication Date:
- 11-2022
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Global Development
- Abstract:
- This paper explores how and whether responses to COVID-19, particularly from non-DAC actors, have deepened the transition from an “international” to a “global” development paradigm, and it considers implications for the future of development cooperation. To do so, we map international responses to COVID-19—financial and beyond—to understand the changing nature of development challenges and cooperation as well as the growing role of non-DAC actors as part of this shift. Our analysis shows that while a diversity of actors contributed to international COVID-19 responses, the transition towards a global development paradigm has yet to materialize. Instead, responses to COVID-19 demonstrated clear tensions between the imperative for collaboration and the national interest, with the latter trumping the former.
- Topic:
- Development, International Cooperation, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus