Governing the ungovernable : donor agencies and the politics of development in Africa

dc.contributor.authorMakuwira, Jonathan
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africa
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-17T09:58:58Z
dc.date.available2017-02-17T09:58:58Z
dc.date.created2017
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe failure of development in Africa, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, since the beginning of the post-independence era, has resulted in intense discourse both in academia and in the public domains. The blame game between the so-called “developing countries” and their donor counterparts has, over the past six decades, been an area of intense analysis due to the conditions often imposed by donor agencies on their recipients. The unequal relationship between the recipient and the donor has influenced the success and/or failure of donor-funded development programs. This article is theory-based; and, it examines the skewed relationship between sub-Saharan African governments and international donor agencies and its influence on success and/or failures of such interventions. Data was gathered using a systematic review of the literature with specific focus on themes related to donor agencies and their relationship with Africa. The analysis was thematic; isolating key issues relevant to the topic. The article argues that states in sub-Saharan Africa should manage and govern the seemingly ungovernable donor agencies. Importantly, politicisation of foreign development assistance for Africa should be eliminated through approaches that develop solid resource-base and increased African state capacity manage and govern own affairs with minimal, if any, external influence of the stultifying donor agencies.en_ZA
dc.format.extent12 pagesen_ZA
dc.format.mediumJournalen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMakuwira, J. 2017. Governing the ungovernable : donor agencies and the politics of development in Africa. African Journal of Public Affairs, 9(5): 23-34.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1997-7441
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/59097
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Consortium of Public Administrationen_ZA
dc.rightsAfrican Consortium of Public Administration © 2017en_ZA
dc.subjectGovernanceen_ZA
dc.subjectDonor agenciesen_ZA
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_ZA
dc.subject.lcshPublic administration--Africa
dc.titleGoverning the ungovernable : donor agencies and the politics of development in Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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