Paris in Bogota: The Aid Effectiveness Agenda and Aid Relations in Colombia

摘要

This article uses an aid-relationships perspective to explore the application of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in Colombia. It argues that aid donors were subjected to an attempt to push them (back) into a technocratic corner, and that social actors' advocacy outcomes were put under threat. Both are worrying developments in a politically complex context marked by internal armed conflict and human-rights abuses. Analysis of the Colombia case offers some useful insights into applying the Paris Declaration, and other global aid-policy frameworks, to diverse settings.