Social and Environmental Justice in Foreign Aid: a Case Study of Irrigation Interventions in Western Nepal

Authors

  • Floriane Clement International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Nepal office, Jhamsikhel 3, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Govinda Basnet Freelance consultant
  • Fraser Sugden International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Nepal office, Jhamsikhel 3, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Luna Bharati International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Nepal office, Jhamsikhel 3, Lalitpur, Nepa

Keywords:

aid, irrigation, justice, institutions, discourses, western region

Abstract

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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2014-12-31

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Clement, F., Basnet, G., Sugden, F., & Bharati, L. (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. Retrieved from https://nepjol.info/index.php/newangle/article/view/90029

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2014): Development and Foreign Aid in Nepal

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Copyright (c) 2014 Clement et al.

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