A review of the literature on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) published during the past f... more A review of the literature on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) published during the past fifteen years demonstrates that accountabilities have constituted one of this global framework's weaknesses. In response, we develop four dimensions of accountability in global development governance and apply them to the emerging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the MDGs' successors. We focus on the extent to which the SDGs change accountabilities of bilateral donors and multilateral aid organizations to national recipient governments and to local beneficiaries. We find that compared to the MDGs, national governments had markedly more influence on the content of the SDGs. At the same time, despite UN-sponsored efforts to seek input from the public, post-2015 agenda-setting in global development governance continues being determined by policy elites. We conclude with a call for strengthening and institutionalizing downstream accountabilities as building blocks for global transparency and international aid effectiveness.
... fears of urban ruin. […] “Every city on earth is ground zero in someone's doomsday book.... more ... fears of urban ruin. […] “Every city on earth is ground zero in someone's doomsday book.” ... urbanisation during the 1970s and its implications for political stability in developing countries by underlining the lack of cohesiveness among the urban poor and the resultant ...
Confronted with mounting pressure to ensure accountability vis-Ã -vis customers, citizens and bene... more Confronted with mounting pressure to ensure accountability vis-Ã -vis customers, citizens and beneficiaries, organizational leaders need to decide how to choose and implement so-called accountability standards. Yet while looking for an appropriate standard, they often base their decisions on cost-benefit calculations, thus neglecting other important spheres of influence pertaining to more broadly defined stakeholder interests. We argue in this paper that, as a part of the strategic decision for a certain standard, management needs to identify and act according to the needs of all stakeholders.
Since 2002, ageing populations worldwide have received increasing attention by global policy-make... more Since 2002, ageing populations worldwide have received increasing attention by global policy-makers. However, resources committed by inter-governmental donors and US-based private foundations in support of ageing-related policies and interventions in non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries have remained minimal during this decade and, where mobilised, have rarely responded to actual country-level demographics and institutional capacities. We argue that this lag between issue recognition and effective resource mobilisation, while mirroring known dynamics in global agenda-setting, has also been caused by a depiction of ageing as a uniform trend across the Global South. We develop and apply a comprehensive analytical framework to assess the state of ageing dynamics at the country level and uncover substantial regional and sub-regional variation. In response, we suggest replacing complexity reduction in the interest of issue recognition with targeted support for a more nuanced research agenda and policy debate on country-specific ageing dynamics in order to inform and catalyse effective international assistance.
Amid intensifying international interconnectedness and simultaneous assertions that cities are po... more Amid intensifying international interconnectedness and simultaneous assertions that cities are positioned to supersede national governance, capital cities constitute collision points between political control and exclusion, wealth and poverty, as well as tradition and modernity. The ever-growing importance of cities as centres of political and economic power and as resources in developing countries is also increasingly prompting contenders to concentrate both peaceful and violent political campaigns in spaces of urban primacy. However, ensuing city-centred struggles are not only about resources and access to power but also take issue with the meanings and functions of the nation as a whole.
... Skewed power structures and unequal urban opportunities seem to have had the most significant... more ... Skewed power structures and unequal urban opportunities seem to have had the most significant influence. ... social cohesion had come under great stress and was eventually unable to prevent the ... For the case of Kabul, the referential framework is somewhat wider, ...
Provides an overview of what international labour standards mean for employers and managers. Cove... more Provides an overview of what international labour standards mean for employers and managers. Covers freedom of association and the right to organize; collective bargaining; non-discrimination; forced labour; child labour; minimum wage rates; and occupational safety and health.
A review of the literature on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) published during the past f... more A review of the literature on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) published during the past fifteen years demonstrates that accountabilities have constituted one of this global framework's weaknesses. In response, we develop four dimensions of accountability in global development governance and apply them to the emerging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the MDGs' successors. We focus on the extent to which the SDGs change accountabilities of bilateral donors and multilateral aid organizations to national recipient governments and to local beneficiaries. We find that compared to the MDGs, national governments had markedly more influence on the content of the SDGs. At the same time, despite UN-sponsored efforts to seek input from the public, post-2015 agenda-setting in global development governance continues being determined by policy elites. We conclude with a call for strengthening and institutionalizing downstream accountabilities as building blocks for global transparency and international aid effectiveness.
... fears of urban ruin. […] “Every city on earth is ground zero in someone's doomsday book.... more ... fears of urban ruin. […] “Every city on earth is ground zero in someone's doomsday book.” ... urbanisation during the 1970s and its implications for political stability in developing countries by underlining the lack of cohesiveness among the urban poor and the resultant ...
Confronted with mounting pressure to ensure accountability vis-Ã -vis customers, citizens and bene... more Confronted with mounting pressure to ensure accountability vis-Ã -vis customers, citizens and beneficiaries, organizational leaders need to decide how to choose and implement so-called accountability standards. Yet while looking for an appropriate standard, they often base their decisions on cost-benefit calculations, thus neglecting other important spheres of influence pertaining to more broadly defined stakeholder interests. We argue in this paper that, as a part of the strategic decision for a certain standard, management needs to identify and act according to the needs of all stakeholders.
Since 2002, ageing populations worldwide have received increasing attention by global policy-make... more Since 2002, ageing populations worldwide have received increasing attention by global policy-makers. However, resources committed by inter-governmental donors and US-based private foundations in support of ageing-related policies and interventions in non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries have remained minimal during this decade and, where mobilised, have rarely responded to actual country-level demographics and institutional capacities. We argue that this lag between issue recognition and effective resource mobilisation, while mirroring known dynamics in global agenda-setting, has also been caused by a depiction of ageing as a uniform trend across the Global South. We develop and apply a comprehensive analytical framework to assess the state of ageing dynamics at the country level and uncover substantial regional and sub-regional variation. In response, we suggest replacing complexity reduction in the interest of issue recognition with targeted support for a more nuanced research agenda and policy debate on country-specific ageing dynamics in order to inform and catalyse effective international assistance.
Amid intensifying international interconnectedness and simultaneous assertions that cities are po... more Amid intensifying international interconnectedness and simultaneous assertions that cities are positioned to supersede national governance, capital cities constitute collision points between political control and exclusion, wealth and poverty, as well as tradition and modernity. The ever-growing importance of cities as centres of political and economic power and as resources in developing countries is also increasingly prompting contenders to concentrate both peaceful and violent political campaigns in spaces of urban primacy. However, ensuing city-centred struggles are not only about resources and access to power but also take issue with the meanings and functions of the nation as a whole.
... Skewed power structures and unequal urban opportunities seem to have had the most significant... more ... Skewed power structures and unequal urban opportunities seem to have had the most significant influence. ... social cohesion had come under great stress and was eventually unable to prevent the ... For the case of Kabul, the referential framework is somewhat wider, ...
Provides an overview of what international labour standards mean for employers and managers. Cove... more Provides an overview of what international labour standards mean for employers and managers. Covers freedom of association and the right to organize; collective bargaining; non-discrimination; forced labour; child labour; minimum wage rates; and occupational safety and health.
... Kara Keating Bench, MPH, cand. MD University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 Lake Avenue N... more ... Kara Keating Bench, MPH, cand. MD University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 Lake Avenue North Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA Summary. ... and Jeffrey O'Malley for helpful feedback and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. ...
... Kara Keating Bench, MPH, cand. MD University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 Lake Avenue N... more ... Kara Keating Bench, MPH, cand. MD University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 Lake Avenue North Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA Summary. ... and Jeffrey O'Malley for helpful feedback and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. ...
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