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Partnerships for Global Development: The Clearing Horizon
Partnerships for Global Development: The Clearing Horizon
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• To analyze the dissonance between changes in the world over the past three decades and the institutional and legal framework of the United States' approach to development cooperation, little changed since the 1960s. CONCLUSIONS • Beneath waves of political change have been sustained material growth and improved welfare in developing countries.
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To capitalize on these opportunities for developing countries, much more widespread application of science and technology is needed in the manufacturing and service sectors and in the creation of an educated, skilled workforce.
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foreign assistance priority has been "basic needs": food and nutrition, population control and health, and basic education. This formulation has been applied globally to developing countries, and the definition of "basic needs" has not altered in 20 years, despite striking changes in the world and the status of many countries.
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Rapid and widespread change logically requires that the United States unbind its approaches to cooperation for development and adapt them to new landscapes of political, economic, and technologic opportunities. Cooperative development programs must effectively balance growth with equity, management with participation, large-scale with small-scale endeavors, and global campaigns with local needs.
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The report's rationale for partnerships for global development is succinctly stated: "The most fundamental principle of cooperation for development is to foster the balanced development of the public, private, and independent sectors, pluralism within these sectors, and creative interaction among them." A central part of the report's analysis is its depiction of the ways in which patterns of development have been shifting away from bilateral and multilateral modes of development assistance that focus on yesterday's patterns whose relevance is diminished. Striking changes have been taking place in the global development environment, particularly in the increasing diversity among developing countries and the range of their needs as they move ahead in their development trajectories.
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