Multilateral Development Cooperation in a Changing Global Order

Given the current environment, there is a compelling need to undergo a broad-ranging analysis on the future of multilateral development cooperation. The time has come to critically examine the effectiveness of international development assistance channelled through multilateral organizations, emphasizing what works and what needs to change in the context of an evolving global order. This volume addresses the changing nature of the international aid system and the challenges it poses for the multilateral system, donors and aid recipients, centring on new regional and national relationships developing in the multilateral system, economic and social forces, and national and global policy making. It looks at the increasing complexity and incoherence of the aid architecture that is arising from these trends and examines persistent longstanding challenges at country level, including the need for more capacity development, country ownership, and better quality aid.

Hany Besada is Theme Leader and Senior Researcher for the Governance of Natural Resources program at the North-South Institute in Ottawa, Canada. Previously, he was Program Leader and Senior Researcher at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Canada where he oversaw the Health and Social Governance Program. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick in the UK.

Shannon Kindornay is Researcher with the Governance for Equitable Growth program at the North-South Institute, Canada. Her work focuses on development cooperation, governance of the aid architecture, aid effectiveness, and aid and the private sector. Prior to joining NSI, she worked on human rights, governance, and trade and development. Shannon leads NSI's work on development cooperation.

Changes in the Nature of Multilateral Development Cooperation: Implications for Multilateral, Bilateral and Emerging Donors; His Excellency Joaquim Alberto Chissano
New Diplomacy in Multilateral Development Cooperation; Winston Dookeran
Introduction: Multilateralism in an Era of Change by Hany Besada and Shannon Kindornay
PART I: MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION: THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
1. How Infrastructure Investment Can Advance the Development Agenda; Justin Yifu Lin
2. Reshaping International Institutions to Achieve Millennium Development Goals; Manmohan Agarwal
3. Rethinking the Role of Multilateral Institutions in an Ever-Changing Aid Architecture; Michael Blomfield and Homi Kharas
PART II: CASES IN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION: OLD AND NEW CHALLENGES
4. Building Country Capacity for Development Results: How does the International Aid Effectiveness Agenda Address the Capacity Gaps?; Franke Toornstra and Frédéric Martin
5. Increasing the Effectiveness of Multilateral and Bilateral Aid: Lessons from the Global AIDS Response; Franklyn Lisk, Praddep Kakkitil and Musa Bullaleh
6. The Role of the Third Sector as Partners in the Development Aid System; David Felsen and Hany Besada
7. Canada's Fraying Commitment to Multilateral Development Cooperation; Stephen Brown and Michael Olender
8. Assessing the Relevance of the WTO in International Trade and Development; Pablo Heidrich
PART III: EMERGING MULTILATERALISMS: POSSIBILITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
9. New Donors and Old Practices: The Role of China in the Multilateral System; Arjan de Haan and Ward Warmerdam
10. South-South Cooperation: How Does Gender Equality Factor in the Emerging Multilateralism?; George Kararach, Frannie Léautier and Towera Luhanga
11. Establishing a Legitimate Development Co-operation Architecture in the Post-Busan Era; Shannon Kindornay and Yiagadeesen Samy