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Reflectively reading international declarations on aid effectiveness and development brings to light the metaphors of the aid relationship and of development embedded in these texts. The paradigm that shapes the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) defines development as an outcome of a particular set of relationships between donors and partner countries. It reflects a world view in terms of countable objects and predictable outcomes. The Dili Declaration (2010), by contrast, re-imagines development as a visionary endeavour, encompassing inclusive relationships and processes, responsive to context, and permeated with power.
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Reid, E. (2013). A Feminist Reflection on the Declarations of Paris and Dili: Towards Re-Imagining the Aid and Development Endeavour. In: Kingsbury, D. (eds) Critical Reflections on Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230389052_11
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