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Can Oslo’s failed aid model be laid to rest?

Wildeman, Jeremy and Tartir, Alaa (2013) Can Oslo’s failed aid model be laid to rest? Al-Shabaka policy brief. Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network.

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Abstract

Overview: Since the signing of the 1993 Oslo Declaration of Principles, the donor community has invested more than $23 billion into “peace and development” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), making it one of the highest per capita recipients of non-military aid in the world. However, aid has not brought peace, development, or security for the Palestinian people, let alone justice. Al-Shabaka Guest Author Jeremy Wildeman and Program Director Alaa Tartir examine the origins of the present aid-for-peace model as well as its effects on socio-economic conditions and pull together the many critiques of the Oslo economic model. The authors argue that donors are reinforcing failed past patterns associated with the so-called peace dividends model while making only cosmetic changes to their engagement. Indeed, donors do not appear ready to change an approach dominated by policy “instrumentalists” who ignore and reject outcomes that do not match their pre-determined values instead of upholding international law on Palestinian rights and international development principles that strive to “do no harm.” They underscore the alarming possibility that the Oslo aid model may serve too many interests to be dismantled and conclude with an assessment of what will be needed for change.

Item Type: Monograph (Report)
Official URL: http://www.al-shabaka.org
Additional Information: © 2013 The Authors
Divisions: International Development
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited: 06 Nov 2013 16:16
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 22:22
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/54171

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