Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa

T.D. Harper-Shipman

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English

Routledge
20 August 2019

Development studies; Politics & government; Development economics

Series: Routledge Studies in African Development

Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa demonstrates how instead of empowering the communities they work with, the jargon of development ownership often actually serves to perpetuate the centrality of multilateral organizations and international donors in African development, awarding a fairly minimal role to local partners.

In the context of today’s development scheme for Africa, ownership is often considered to be the panacea for all of the aid-dependent continent’s development woes. Reinforced through the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action, ownership is now the preeminent procedure for achieving aid effectiveness and a range of development outcomes. Throughout this book, the author illustrates how the ownership paradigm dictates who can produce development knowledge and who is responsible for carrying it out, with a specific focus on the health sectors in Burkina Faso and Kenya. Under this paradigm, despite the ownership narrative, national stakeholders in both countries are not producers of development knowledge; they are merely responsible for its implementation. This book challenges the preponderance of conventional international development policies that call for more ownership from African stakeholders without questioning the implications of donor demands and historical legacies of colonialism in Africa. Ultimately, the findings from this book make an important contribution to critical development debates that question international development as an enterprise capable of empowering developing nations.

This lively and engaging book challenges readers to think differently about the ownership, and as such will be of interest to researchers of development studies and African studies, as well as for development practitioners within Africa.

By: T.D. Harper-Shipman
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780367352905
ISBN 10: 0367352907
Series: Routledge Studies in African Development
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 20 August 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Theorizing Ownership 2. La Santé Avant Tout (Health Before Everything) 3. Beggars Can’t Be Choosers 4. Ownership in Comparison Conclusion: Go Back and Get It

T. D. Harper-Shipman is an assistant professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College.

Reviews for Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa

This well written book is a critical interrogation of the term ownership in the context of development, which is necessary as the World Bank, civil society organisations and African governments remain ensnared in new forms of coloniality. By comparing how Kenya and Burkina Faso embrace the ownership paradigm in their respective health sectors, Harper-Shipman exposes how maldevelopment continues to be blamed on African countries rather than the ahistorical neo-liberal policy frameworks of donors. It is a fine contribution to the study of the political economy of development. -- Ama Biney PhD, independent scholar, Author of The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah, London, UK This book expertly and carefully explores how the ownership paradigm portrays donors as not being responsible for development failures and African governments as being unable to make development decisions without donors' expertise. A must read for anyone interested in understanding how ownership of development is working in Burkina Faso and Kenya. -- Francis Owusu, Professor and Chair of the Department of Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University, USA.