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Local Research, Global Governance: A Challenge for Institutional Design (Global Insights) (Global Development Network)

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  • Title: Local Research, Global Governance: A Challenge for Institutional Design (Global Insights) (Global Development Network)
  • Author : Global Governance
  • Release Date : January 01, 2006
  • Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 265 KB

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This article explores a generic issue in the context of a specific case, that of the Global Development Network (GDN). The issue is this: How can a global, centralized organization help build the capacity of local, independent institutions and individuals throughout the developing world without imposing an externally driven agenda or indeed stifling the indigenous initiative it is supposed to promote? Perhaps the best illustration of this tension is the relationship between the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the countries whose development they are seeking to assist. These organizations attempt to build capacity and support home-grown strategies, but their efforts are often characterized as heavy-handed, top-down, and centrally driven. Any attempt by a global organization to build local capacity must balance a "hand-holding" and a "hands-off" approach. The challenge is especially tricky in the case of GDN. The organization is supposed to empower researchers in the developing and transition countries to conduct independent research in the social sciences. The key word here is "independent": good research must be both de facto independent and perceived to be independent. However, GDN is in the process of becoming a formal international organization (like the World Bank) with an assembly composed of representatives of the member states as the ultimate authority. Can a global organization of this kind build the capacity of local researchers without undermining their independence and originality?


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