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Recent Blogposts

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Universalisms and their Discontents

Brendan M. Howe - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The contemporary inter-paradigm debate in Development Studies can be characterised as between advocates of a ‘universal’ global development experience (both positive and negative), and those advocating the centrality of discriminatory practices experienced by the Global South as obstacles to development. Aspirations for universality have faced the challenges and charges of neocolonialism, racism, cultural relativism, exceptionalism, Eurocentricism, and exclusion.
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Trumpist Before it was Cool: How the Czech Far Right Drove Aid Cuts from Fringe to Mainstream

Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The current dismantling of the post-war aid system owes a lot to far-right politicians and political parties, with Donald Trump as the current leader of the pack. The Finns Party discussed in this EADI Blog is a prime example of their impact once they secure minister seats. The Czech case, however, shows that significant aid cuts can be easily initiated from a few parliamentary benches.
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Navigating the Tipping Point: Four Futures for Global Development Cooperation

Stephan Klingebiel, Andy Sumner - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The global system of development cooperation is in a state of flux. In a new policy brief we discuss how and why the very foundations of international aid and development are being shaken by geopolitical shifts, contested norms, and institutional upheaval. The brief argues that the crisis is not a mere cyclical downturn, or nor is it only about money, but a fundamental reordering of the global development landscape. In short, a “tipping point” in the sense of a dramatic moment when incremental changes coalesce into a transformative shift, for better or worse, is in the offing. We ask what might come next
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