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Togo : thorny transitions and misguided aid at the roots of economic misery
Kohnert, Dirk - 2011
The parliamentary elections of October 2007, the first free Togolese elections since decades, were meant to correct at least partially the rigged presidential elections of 2005. Western donors considered it as a litmus test of despotic African regimes' propensity to change towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334797
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New markets for local experts in Africa?
Kohnert, Dirk - 1995
In the past decades the involvement of local experts in the planning and evaluation of development programs has steadily increased. Ownership of development planning is propagated as major aim of bilateral and international development co-operation. Yet, the quality and performance of many local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334891
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New Markets for Local Experts in Africa?
Kohnert, Dirk - In: More Responsibilities to South Consultants in …, (pp. 63-74). 1995
In the past decades the involvement of local experts in the planning and evaluation of development programs has steadily increased. Ownership of development planning is propagated as major aim of bilateral and international development co-operation. Yet, the quality and performance of many local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331378
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Country concepts and the rational actor trap : limitations to strategic management of international NGOs
Kohnert, Dirk - 2004
Growing criticism of inefficient development aid demanded new planning instruments of donors, including international NGOs (INGOs). A reorientation from isolated project-planning towards holistic country concepts and the increasing rationality of a result-orientated planning process were seen as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334861
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Magic and witchcraft : implications for democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - 1996
The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334889
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Donor's double talk undermines African agency : comparative study of civic agency in Burkina Faso and Togo ; the fabrication of public action in countries <<under an aid regime>> A...
Kohnert, Dirk - 2015 - Draft
Despite a long-standing controversy about aid-effectiveness in general and the impact of aid-dependency on governance in particular, little is known on the effect of donors policies on civic agency for democratization in aid dependent autocratic regimes. In this study it is argued that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346333
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Togo : Thorny Transition and Misguided Aid at the Roots of Economic Misery
Kohnert, Dirk - 2008
The parliamentary elections of October 2007, the first free Togolese elections since decades, were meant to correct at least partially the rigged presidential elections of 2005. Western donors considered it as a litmus test of despotic African regimes propensity to change towards democratization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223608
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Togo: Thorny transitions and misguided aid at the roots of economic misery
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Elections and democratization in West Africa 1990 – 2009, (pp. 179-210). 2011
The parliamentary elections of October 2007, the first free Togolese elections since decades, were meant to correct at least partially the rigged presidential elections of 2005. Western donors considered it as a litmus test of despotic African regimes’ propensity to change towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331375
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Country Concepts and the Rational Actor Trap - Limitations to Strategic Management of International NGOs
Kohnert, Dirk - 2004
Growing criticism of inefficient development aid demanded new planning instruments of donors, including international NGOs (INGOs). A reorientation from isolated project-planning towards holistic country concepts and the increasing rationality of a result-orientated planning process were seen as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327904
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Donor’s double talk undermines African agency: Comparative study of civic agency in Burkina Faso and Togo
Kohnert, Dirk - 2015
Zusammenfassung: Trotz einer lang andauernden Kontroverse über den Nutzen von Entwicklungshilfe im Allgemeinen und den … Revolutionen‘ in Burkina Faso und Togo – Beide seit Jahrzehnten am Tropf der Entwicklungshilfe hängend – dienen als Beleg für diese … versteckten negativen Auswirkungen von Entwicklungshilfe auf pro-aktive demokratische Aktionen an der Basis. Daher ist es …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341120