Social and environmental justice in foreign aid: a case study of irrigation interventions in western Nepal

Debates over the effectiveness of foreign aid have been recently revived both in the development sector and in the academia. International funding agencies have notably adopted new principles to improve aid delivery. Using the particular case study of a set of irrigation interventions in Western Nep...

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Autores principales: Clement, Floriane, Basnet, Govinda, Sugden, Fraser, Bharati, Luna
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77511
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author Clement, Floriane
Basnet, Govinda
Sugden, Fraser
Bharati, Luna
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description Debates over the effectiveness of foreign aid have been recently revived both in the development sector and in the academia. International funding agencies have notably adopted new principles to improve aid delivery. Using the particular case study of a set of irrigation interventions in Western Nepal, we argue that these steps will not radically improve the pro-poor outcomes of aid interventions as long as the latter are framed in an apolitical, technical and managerial vision and discourse of development. We propose to adopt social and environmental justice as an analytical framework and vocabulary for action.
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spelling CGSpace775112025-03-11T09:50:20Z Social and environmental justice in foreign aid: a case study of irrigation interventions in western Nepal Clement, Floriane Basnet, Govinda Sugden, Fraser Bharati, Luna irrigation systems irrigated farming environmental legislation social aspects foreign investment aid programmes funding corporate culture institutions sustainability case studies Debates over the effectiveness of foreign aid have been recently revived both in the development sector and in the academia. International funding agencies have notably adopted new principles to improve aid delivery. Using the particular case study of a set of irrigation interventions in Western Nepal, we argue that these steps will not radically improve the pro-poor outcomes of aid interventions as long as the latter are framed in an apolitical, technical and managerial vision and discourse of development. We propose to adopt social and environmental justice as an analytical framework and vocabulary for action. 2014 2016-11-01T13:39:39Z 2016-11-01T13:39:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77511 en Open Access Clement, Floriane; Basnet, Govinda; Sugden, Fraser; Bharati, Luna. 2014. Social and environmental justice in foreign aid: a case study of irrigation interventions in western Nepal. New Angle: Nepal Journal of Social Science and Public Policy, 3(1):65-83.
spellingShingle irrigation systems
irrigated farming
environmental legislation
social aspects
foreign investment
aid programmes
funding
corporate culture
institutions
sustainability
case studies
Clement, Floriane
Basnet, Govinda
Sugden, Fraser
Bharati, Luna
Social and environmental justice in foreign aid: a case study of irrigation interventions in western Nepal
title Social and environmental justice in foreign aid: a case study of irrigation interventions in western Nepal
title_full Social and environmental justice in foreign aid: a case study of irrigation interventions in western Nepal
title_fullStr Social and environmental justice in foreign aid: a case study of irrigation interventions in western Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Social and environmental justice in foreign aid: a case study of irrigation interventions in western Nepal
title_short Social and environmental justice in foreign aid: a case study of irrigation interventions in western Nepal
title_sort social and environmental justice in foreign aid a case study of irrigation interventions in western nepal
topic irrigation systems
irrigated farming
environmental legislation
social aspects
foreign investment
aid programmes
funding
corporate culture
institutions
sustainability
case studies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77511
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