The story behind western advice to Central Europe during its transition period:
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of
Contents
Preface
.........................................................................................................................9
1.
What This Book is About
..............................................................................13
Abstract
..................................................................................................................13
1.1
The aim of this research project
..................................................................13
1.2
Technical assistance within the poisoned debate about foreign aid
.......16
1.3
Explaining the inefficiency of foreign aid by managerial factors
............20
1.3.1
Is it the amount of aid that matters?
.....................................,..........., 20
1.3.2
Does the form in which aid is provided matter?
..............................21
1.3.3
Does the organization through which aid is provided matter?
.......23
1.3.4
Do the individuals involved matter?
..................................................24
1.3.5
Does the content of aid matter?
.........................................................25
1.4
The research approach
.................................................................................26
1.5
A note on methodology
.......................................................................,........27
2.
Technical Assistance Within the Context of Foreign Aid
................29
Abstract
..................................................................................................................29
2.1
Introduction
..................................................................................................29
2.2
What is technical cooperation?
...................................................................31
2.3
Theories about the reasons for giving aid
..................................................36
2.4
Data
(OECD
DAC
data)
................................................................................38
2.5
Time series on the aid and technical assistance to
CEE
countries in
general
...........................................................................................................39
2.5.1
An aggregated picture of aid and technical assistance to
CEE
countries
...............................................................................................40
2.5.2
Disaggregating the figures: Aid to different regions
.........................41
2.5.3
Disaggregating the data further: Aid and technical assistance
to specific countries
.............................................................................43
2.6
Hypotheses following from the time-series analysis
................................48
2.7
Explaining the total volume of foreign aid provided to
CEE
countries
.. 49
2.7.1
Correlations
.......,.................................................................................49
2.7.2
A regression analysis of foreign aid
...................................................51
2.8
Reflections
.....................................................................................................52
3. Lodz -
The Promised Land in Transition
..............................................55
Abstract
..................................................................................................................55
3.1
The old identity of Lodz
...............................................................................56
3.2
The Balcerowicz plan and the first Western advisors
...............................57
3.3
The consequences for Lodz
..........................................................................60
3.4
Some basic facts about the Lodz Voivodship in
1989-2003.....................61
3.5
The socioeconomic structure of Lodz after
1989
in figures
.....................65
3.6
Strategy for the city s development
.............................................................74
3.7
Reflections...
..................................................................................................77
4.
The Role of Outside Advisors in Local Government:
The Recipients View
......................................................................................79
Abstract
..................................................................................................................79
4.1
Introduction
..................................................................................................79
4.2
The theoretical debate about the role of expertise in policy-making
processes
........................................................................................................82
4.2.1
Advisors as standard-setters limiting policy-makers choices
.........82
4.2.2
The influence of advisors
....................................................................84
4.3
The case of Western advisors in a Polish municipality
.............................87
4.3.1
Indicators for a large dependence
......................................................88
4.3.2
The inclination to listen to advisors
...................................................90
4.3.3
The actual role of the outside advisors
...............................................92
4.4
Reflections
.....................................................................................................97
5.
The Advisors View
..........................................................................................99
Abstract
..................................................................................................................99
5.1
Introduction
..................................................................................................99
5.2
Theoretical angles
.......................................................................................101
5.3
Main criteria to provide the aid recipients with advice
..........................104
5.4
The advisory process from the point of view of Swedish advisors
........108
5.4.1
The advisors about themselves and their competences
..................109
5.4.2
The Swedish advisors about the aid programs
in which they were involved
.............................................................
Ill
5.4.3
The advisors understanding of their role for decision-making
processes in
CEE
................................................................................116
5.5
Reflections
...................................................................................................118
6.
The View of Donor Organizations
...........................................................121
Abstract
................................................................................................................121
6.1
Introduction
................................................................................................121
6.2
The theory of social exchange
.................................................................... 123
6.3
Data and methods
.......................................................................................126
6.4
Swedish donor organizations
....................................................................128
6.4.1
The major instruments of the Swedish assistance to
CEE
..............132
6.4.2
The major objectives of the Swedish assistance to
CEE,
1989-2005..........................................................................................133
6.4.3
Reflection on the shifting goals
........................................................139
6.5
The operational side of Swedish aid
..........................................................141
6.5.1
Did the projects achieve their goals?
...............................................143
6.6
Reflections
...................................................................................................145
7.
The Politicians View
.....................................................................................149
Abstract
................................................................................................................149
7.1
Introduction
................................................................................................150
7.2
The logics of consequentiality and appropriateness
...............................151
7.3
Data and methods
.......................................................................................155
7.4
Swedish government and its aid to
CEE
countries
..................................157
7
A.I The independence of the decisions
..................................................157
7.4.2
Following the logic of appropriateness
............................................160
7 A3
Official and hidden agendas
.............................................................168
7.5
Reflections
...................................................................................................173
8.
Conclusions: Searching for Professionalism
......................................175
Abstract
................................................................................................................175
8.1
Introduction
................................................................................................176
8.2
A summary of previous findings
...............................................................177
8.3
Analyzing the outcomes
.............................................................................181
8.3.1
Individual professionalism
...............................................................182
8.3.2
Power
and professionalism in the organizational context
.............189
8.4
Final conclusions
........................................................................................198
References
..............................................................................................................203
Abbreviations
........................................................................................................221
Index
.........................................................................................................................223
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