Loosely defined as the transfer of funding and decision-making powers to local actors, localization is certainly not a new concept – phrases such as ‘locally-led development’, ‘community-led development’ and ‘doing development differently’ have been pretty commonplace for years.
But as an all-encompassing narrative, localization took centre stage a few years ago when US Agency for International Development administrator, Samantha Power, outlined it as the rhetoric at the centre of what her department does. it has gained further momentum through the movement to decolonise aid – itself a reaction to a number of external factors, not least the Black Lives Matter movement and the need for greater inclusivity around language used within the aid sector.
But what is local? How can we ‘localize’ in a meaningful way and what’s our role as development consultants in all this?
These are just some of the questions we tackle in this latest episode of our ‘International Development, Where Now?’ podcast.
We’re not afraid to face up to some of the thorny issues in the sector in this soul-searching discussion that sees us delve into what it really means to go beyond the ‘fly in, fly out’ nature of development consultancy, whether there’s still a role for global communities and how we do away with knowledge hierarchies.
We also cover some of the potential risks and barriers to localizing and try to offer some achievable, pragmatic solutions.
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Loosely defined as the transfer of funding and decision-making powers to local actors, localization is certainly not a new concept – phrases such as ‘locally-led development’, ‘community-led development’ and ‘doing development differently’ have been pretty commonplace for years.
But as an all-encompassing narrative, localization took centre stage a few years ago when US Agency for International Development administrator, Samantha Power, outlined it as the rhetoric at the centre of what her department does. it has gained further momentum through the movement to decolonise aid – itself a reaction to a number of external factors, not least the Black Lives Matter movement and the need for greater inclusivity around language used within the aid sector.
But what is local? How can we ‘localize’ in a meaningful way and what’s our role as development consultants in all this?
These are just some of the questions we tackle in this latest episode of our ‘International Development, Where Now?’ podcast.
We’re not afraid to face up to some of the thorny issues in the sector in this soul-searching discussion that sees us delve into what it really means to go beyond the ‘fly in, fly out’ nature of development consultancy, whether there’s still a role for global communities and how we do away with knowledge hierarchies.
We also cover some of the potential risks and barriers to localizing and try to offer some achievable, pragmatic solutions.
Crisis leadership | Interview with Matt Andrews: Part 1
International Development, Where Now?
30 minutes 3 seconds
5 years ago
Crisis leadership | Interview with Matt Andrews: Part 1
In the first of a two part conversation we discuss what makes good crisis management, good communication, and leadership in the public interest. We speak to Matt Andrews, head of the Building State Capability Programme at Harvard, and Edward S Mason professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
We explore what some countries have got right, empowering people at all levels of government to lead and take risks – moving from ‘control orientation’ to ‘coordination orientation’ – and the need for mechanisms to enable rapid learning to develop context specific responses.
Host: Peter Harrington
Editor: Emmie Fairbairn
Producer: Katherine Valentine
International Development, Where Now?
Loosely defined as the transfer of funding and decision-making powers to local actors, localization is certainly not a new concept – phrases such as ‘locally-led development’, ‘community-led development’ and ‘doing development differently’ have been pretty commonplace for years.
But as an all-encompassing narrative, localization took centre stage a few years ago when US Agency for International Development administrator, Samantha Power, outlined it as the rhetoric at the centre of what her department does. it has gained further momentum through the movement to decolonise aid – itself a reaction to a number of external factors, not least the Black Lives Matter movement and the need for greater inclusivity around language used within the aid sector.
But what is local? How can we ‘localize’ in a meaningful way and what’s our role as development consultants in all this?
These are just some of the questions we tackle in this latest episode of our ‘International Development, Where Now?’ podcast.
We’re not afraid to face up to some of the thorny issues in the sector in this soul-searching discussion that sees us delve into what it really means to go beyond the ‘fly in, fly out’ nature of development consultancy, whether there’s still a role for global communities and how we do away with knowledge hierarchies.
We also cover some of the potential risks and barriers to localizing and try to offer some achievable, pragmatic solutions.
