International Cooperation in Development: The Need for a Multidimensional Normative Approach

Henk Jochemsen, Corné J. Rademaker

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Abstract

The development aid of affluent to poor countries is currently much debated. Though in the decades of aid many people have been helped to survive and improve their living conditions, the problem of severe poverty and injustice is far from solved. Three types of critique explain this failure to a large extent: first, the way in which the development assistance is provided, or not; second, the observation that motivational and informational problems frustrate the collective-actions that should lead to “development”; third, ideological critique that the cooperation is too much an extension of the predominant modernist, neoliberal economic, and financial system of our time. Analyzing development cooperation and assistance with the NPA leads to the identification of normative characteristics of this practice. If the actual realization of development cooperation and the larger institutional context of this professional practice would respect that normativity, the effectiveness and justice of the cooperation could significantly be improved.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Normative Nature of Social Practices and Ethics in Professional Environments
EditorsM.J. de Vries, H. Jochemsen
PublisherIGI Global
Chapter12
Pages250-276
ISBN (Electronic)9781522580072
ISBN (Print)9781522580065, 9781522595342
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Publication series

NameThe Normative Nature of Social Practices and Ethics in Professional Environments
ISSN (Print)2475-675X
ISSN (Electronic)2475-6768

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