Responding to the North-South Conflicts on the Concepts of International Economic Order and Behavioral Principles of the UN Development Agencies

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780114
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: Tsuda College
• Principal Investigator: MASHIMA ASAKO 津田塾大学, 付置研究所, 研究員 (60598548)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 国連開発計画（UNDP） / 国際開発 / 南北対立 / 現地化 / 国際機関の事務局

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has examined historical processes of the United Nations response to conflicts between the Northern and Southern countries on international development policies, based on cases of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). First, it surveyed previous studies on the implications by the southern or peripheral countries on the decision making of international development policies. Even though the previous research has merely focused on the impact from the periphery, development activities cannot work without local assets within recipient countries. UNDP have utilized local human resources, funds, institutions and ideas in order to realize the operations and decide development policies. That is crucial for managing problems the periphery has faced. The research concluded that the localized processes for a long period and with close attention within recipient countries have been functioning as a behavioral principle of the UN development agencies.

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