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How can the negative consequences of the performance agenda be avoided?
Of: Anna Liljelund Hedqvist, Ian Christoplos, Janet Vähämäki, Jessica Rothman and Theresa Brolin
We are some researchers, consultants and practitioners who for two days at the end of April attended a conference entitled 'Politics of Evidence' at the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) in Brighton. The conference was organized by 'The Big Push Forward', an informal network of practitioners and researchers, which aims to stimulate discussion and debate […]
May 21, 2013, Debate
Quality on wrong roads
Of: Class Palm
Development of quality has often been about finding good systems for seeing and correcting errors. It has been about rejoicing to discover that we can do this better. Quality has always been about letting those who work closest to production be the ones who lead quality development. The boss's task is to […]
May 24, 2013, Debate
Ten differences between the Social Democrats' and the government's aid policy
1) Distrust or confidence The development aid policy seems to be under constant scrutiny by the moderates and Minister for Development Aid Gunilla Carlsson. Above all, Carlsson's statements are characterized by constant distrust of development aid as such, its ability to deliver results and various actors in development cooperation. The Social Democrats believe that development cooperation has an important role to play in the work for global development. We mean […]
June 20, 2013, Debate
Long-term development results require institutions
Results for poor people have been in focus in development assistance in recent years. This has been drummed in from the political leadership and translated into target matrices with indicators to measure everything from children's schooling, reduced maternal mortality, to increased democracy. But what is it that leads to long-term and sustainable results for poor people? The knowledge in this […]
June 24, 2013, Debate
Profit reporting in development assistance risks counteracting lasting effects
Of: Per Karlsson
The requirements for reporting results that are imposed on organizations in connection with development assistance cooperation mean that the organizations' legitimacy is largely based on short-term, easily measurable results. This has the consequence that long-term but more difficult-to-measure work risks being de-prioritized in favor of quantitative efforts of a more easily measured nature. This also means that the long-term effects of development assistance risk […]
August 19, 2013, Debate
Should we care about the effects of development aid?
Of: Göran Hyden
Should we really care about the effects of development aid? Carl Johan von Seth in a signed article in Dagens Nyheter (13.8) believes that we should and therefore advocates a larger allocation for evaluations in the development assistance budget. However, there are four good reasons why such an investment can easily be a blow in the air. The first reason […]
August 21, 2013, Debate
The arbitrary attacks of DN and SVD are poorly substantiated
Of: Kajsa Johansson
The other day, Carl Johan von Seth wrote on DN's editorial page: "But the ten thousand kronor question is: Does the government and the opposition really want to know what the aid leads to?" This is due to the alleged reluctance to know this based on the costs and organization of the aid evaluations. According to von Seth, we should get a "conclusion on politics" by "tracking the white elephants". A few days later […]
August 23, 2013, Debate
Program-related evaluations provide insight and opportunities for learning
Of: Anna Liljelund Hedqvist, Ian Christoplos and Jessica Rothman
In recent weeks, the question of the effects of development assistance and the best way to measure them has been raised again by e.g. a. Carl Johan von Seth on DN's editorial page and Göran Hydén in a debate article on Biståndsdebatten.se The question of well-founded information about the effects of international development cooperation is important and relevant, not least for those […]
August 30, 2013, Debate
The children of the world should be protected by the new Millennium Development Goals
Of: Anna Hägg-Sjöquist, Carolina Ehrnrooth, Elizabeth Stahlenius, Roland Håkansson and Véronique Lönnerblad
Sweden has historically been at the forefront of protecting children from violence and Sweden's voice weighs heavily internationally. At the UN ministerial meeting in New York that is taking place right now, a decision will be made on the framework for the new millennium goals that will apply from 2016. We children's rights organizations want Sweden to once again take the side of children and […]
October 4, 2013, Debate
Colonial performances live on in Swedish fundraising galas
Of: Alma Wallengren
Today it is time for Radio Aid's annual fundraiser "Together for the children of the world", where the grants go to a number of organizations in the development aid and charity industry. The fundraiser is marketed through a series of short documentaries and interview programs that are broadcast on SVT during the week, and culminates in a lavish fundraising gala that is broadcast on SVT1 now on Friday 11/10. Last year was followed […]
October 11, 2013, Debate