Introduction

Development in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Over 50 Years of International Development and 16 Years of Global Development – State of the Art: Development 1945–1990 > 2000–2016: Main Aspects of the Two Historical Phases of International Cooperation and Development Aid.

  • Evolution of Anglo-Saxon, Francophone, UN and Global South Thought in the Field of Cooperation, Aid and Development
  • Formations of Power in the Era of Economic and Social Development: State and Development – State and Economy
  • Nation-State and National Public Goods
  • Transnationalization of Public Goods: Emergence of the Notion of Global Public Goods
  • Development and Business: The New Paradigm of Global Development

Development in the 20th Century

  • Development: Theory, Concept, Policy
  • United Nations Development Decades
  • Right to Development: Declaration on the Right to Development, UN, 1986
  • Development Actors:

– UN: Inter-agency and intergovernmental system of international cooperation and development: Role of UN specialized agencies: Dissemination of international development strategies: Assistance to governments in development: National planning: National development plan:

  • – Bilateral agencies
  • – Multilateral development banks
  • – Private development organizations: national and international: NGOs: Growth of non-governmental organizations in the North and South: Philanthropy and Development.
  • State and Development: State Leading Development: State Interventions in Development

The New Architecture of Development in the 21st Century

  • Global Development: Theoretical Definition
  • New Political and Economic Foundations of Aid, Cooperation and Development
  • Transformations in the Field of Authority, Territory, Sovereignty and Their Implications for Cooperation, Aid and Development
  • Denationalization, Territorial Governance, Spatial Planning, Transnationalization of Territory, Globalization
  • Delocalization of Contemporary Economies
  • Decentralization and Territorial Development
  • Development, Business and Human Rights
  • United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2000
  • United Nations: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2000–2015: The Challenges of the MDGs, Actors and Paradigms.
  • United Nations: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030
  • Sustainable Development: Paradigm of Global Development
  • Governance of Development and Aid in the North and South: Multi-stakeholders and Multi-level Governance in Development.
  • Emergence of Corporate Private Actors from the Business Sector in the Arena of Cooperation, Aid and Development
  • United Nations, Private Sector and Global Policies of Aid and Cooperation for Development
  • Partnership for Development or Global Development Partnership

GPEDC: Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation > HLM: High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation >> Global Partnership/Global Alliance for Effective Development Cooperation: High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.

  • Open Government Partnership
  • Global Partnership for Social Accountability
  • Global Partnership Forum
  • NEPAD – New Partnership for Africa’s Development / The New Partnership for Africa’s Development
  • European Union and New Policies of Cooperation, International Aid and Business: The European Consensus on Development
  • New Modalities of International Aid and the Notion of Fragile States or Weak States and Small States
  • PPPs and Their Forms of Representation: Business and Development: Government-Private Sector Partnership, NGOs and Corporate Sector, Private-Private Partnership, International Organizations-Business Partnership.
  • Global Development: Global Regulations and Reforms in the Ownership and Management of Natural Resources.
  • Partnership/Alliance: United Nations and Agencies, Private Sector, Non-Governmental Actors, Transnational Foundations, Governments and Agencies, International Organizations.
  • GLOBAL AGENDA FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS AND FINANCING OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES: FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, AID EFFECTIVENESS, GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS FOR DEVELOPMENT, MULTI-STAKEHOLDER FOR DEVELOPMENT.
  • International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey / Monterrey International Conference on Financing for Development, 2002.
  • Rome Declaration on Harmonization / Declaration on Harmonisation – Rome High-Level Forum 2003: High-Level Forum on Harmonisation, HLF Rome 2003: HLF 1
  • Effectiveness of International Development Aid / Aid Effectiveness – Paris Declaration 2005: Paris High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness 2005: HLF 2
  • Accra High-Level Forum: 3rd High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness 2008: HLF 3
  • International Conference on Financing for Development 2008: Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: The Doha Development Agenda 2001–2008
  • Busan High-Level Forum on Aid and Aid Effectiveness 2011: HLF 4
  • Third International Conference on Financing for Development: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015: Third International Conference on Financing for Development.

First High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation: Towards an Inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda: Mexico 2014 >> First High-Level Meeting (HLM1) of the GPEDC – Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation: Mexico City, 15–16 April 2014

Second High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, HLM2 GPEDC: Second High-Level Meeting (HLM2) of the GPEDC – Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation: Kenya, 21–24 November 2016.

COP21 UNFCCC, Paris 2015

Delegation of Power and Global Development

  • Withdrawal, Return and Delegation of State Roles in Development
  • Dismantling of the Welfare State System
  • Authority and Development: New Orientations: New National and Transnational Institutional Frameworks
  • Authority, Power and Interdependence Relations Between the Sub-National and Transnational Scales of Development.
  • Decentralization and Deconcentration: Decentralized Decision-Making Structures: Framing of Mechanisms for Local and Territorial Development: Development Governance.
  • Delegation of Power to Private Actors / Private Parties
  • Delegation to Independent Regulatory Entities, Private and Public
  • Delegation of Power to International Organizations
  • Delegation, Effectiveness and Decentralized Cooperation: State of the Art

Stakeholders / Multi-stakeholders

  • Stakeholders in Global Development: Conceptual Definition
  • Applications of the Notion of Stakeholders or Multi-stakeholders:
  • State – Stakeholders: OHADA – Organisation/Treaty on the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa
  • Multi-stakeholders: IATI – International Aid Transparency Initiative 2008, Accra Declaration: The Paris Declaration and the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA): Aid Effectiveness.
  • Multi-donor Trust Fund
  • Stakeholder Forum: SF – Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
  • From Cotonou to EPAs / Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs): ACP – African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
  • European Union and ACP: Cooperation and Development Relations: Multi-stakeholders
  • Commonwealth: Cooperation and Development Relations: Multi-stakeholders

Complex State-Business Relations in Development: Latin America, Asia and Africa

International Development and Its Link to the Private Sector: Making Business Work for Development: International Organizations, NGOs, Think Tanks, Global Philanthropy, Bilateral Cooperation Agencies, Multilateral Banking Entities; Transnational Corporations, Private Financial Markets; Universities; Governments…

Private Sector Participation in Development: Roles and Implications of States, Sub-National Governments and Public Policies (Decentralized Cooperation, Regional Development, Development Partnership) in Relations with the Corporate Sector: Business and Cooperation / Business Cooperation; Business for Development / Business for Development; Business-to-Business Cooperation for Development / Business-to-Business for Development; Business Sector Networks in Development…

International Organizations: Regulation & Standardization of Global Development.

  • State, International Organizations and Policies of Regulation/Deregulation in Systems of Cooperation, Aid and Development.
  • International Policies of Standardization and Homogenization of Development
  • Development and Legitimacy of National and Transnational Actors: State, Society, Private and Corporate Sector

Role of International Intergovernmental and Inter-State Organizations of a Multilateral Nature, New Hybrid International Organizations, NGOs, Think Tanks, Foundations, European Union, United Nations in the Field of Regulation/Standardization/Open Budget/Transparency, Effectiveness, Accountability and Other Normative and Policy Frameworks of Global Development Governance.

Business and Self-Regulation of Global Development: What Are the Theoretical Implications of Self-Regulatory Approaches and Practices in Development?

Rule of Law and Global Development (EDDG): Role of EDDG in the Dissemination of International Norms and Codes of Global Development.

Emerging Economies & Global Development

  • New Economy: Major Transformations in the North and South
  • Emergence of New Actors in Global Development: BRICS: South Africa, Brazil, China, India, Russia
  • New Partners / New Partnerships: NDPs – New Development Partnerships

Emerging Economies and Markets: Emerging Countries and Developing Countries: Emerging Economies and Developing Economies: Definitions, Significance in the Global Framework, Implications for Social Market Formations at Global, National and Sub-National Levels.

New Paradigms of the Aid, Cooperation and Global Development System

  • Aid Effectiveness: State and Market: Paradigm, Policy, Instrumentalization & Implementation of a New System of Interdependence in Aid, Cooperation and Development.
  • Europe and Southern Countries in Territorial Development Governance: Theoretical and Political Approach to Territorial Development.
  • State/Government and Business Relations in Territorial and Global Development?
  • Transnational Corporations in Sustainable Development Agendas
  • Corporate Actors in Philanthropy: New and Old Global Intervention Agendas
  • Multi-Level and Multi-Actor Interdependence Relations: Financing, Public-Private Partnership, Standardization.
  • United Nations and Business: Global Partnership for Development: What Are the Challenges in the 21st Century?