Reflections on conspicuous sustainability: Creating Small Island Dependent States (SIDS) through Ostentatious Development Assistance (ODA)?
Reflections on conspicuous sustainability: Creating Small Island Dependent States (SIDS) through Ostentatious Development Assistance (ODA)?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.08.004
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发表时间：
2020-11-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Kelman, Ilan
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作者：
Grydehoj, Adam;Kelman, Ilan
人们经常注意到，与其他国家和领土相比，包括小岛屿发展中国家（SIDS）在内的小岛屿获得的援助或官方发展援助（ODA）水平极不成比例。然而，“岛屿性”与援助之间的确切关系仍未得到充分研究。本文使用“显着可持续性”的概念作为框架来理解向小岛屿领土提供援助的倾向。我们认为（1）援助捐助者有理由更愿意参与特别引人注目的发展项目，而不管实际的发展成果如何；（2）小岛屿领土非常适合产生如此引人注目的成果。我们以 2017 年玛丽亚飓风后打造“气候适应力”多米尼加标签为例，说明如何激励援助方和受援方开展针对目前发展领域热门领域（例如气候变化适应力）的短期项目，而不是关注那些更有潜力促进持久改进和建设当地能力的领域。我们最终建议提高对炫耀性官方发展援助和援助的虚假经济的认识。
It is frequently noted that small islands, including Small Island Developing States (SIDS), receive hugely disproportionate levels of aid or official development assistance (ODA) relative to other states and territories. However, the precise relationship between 'islandness' and aid remains underexamined. This paper uses the concept of 'conspicuous sustainability' as a framework for understanding the propensity for aid to be directed toward small island territories. We argue (1) that aid donors have reasons for preferring engagement in development projects that are particularly conspicuous, irrespective of actual development outcomes and (2) that small island territories are exceptionally well-placed to produce such conspicuousness. We use the case of the construction of the 'climate-resilient' Dominica label following Hurricane Maria in 2017 to illustrate how both aid donors and recipients can be motivated to pursue short-term projects aimed at currently fashionable areas in the field of development (such as climate change resilience) instead of addressing areas with greater potential to foster lasting improvements and built local capacity. We ultimately recommend a greater awareness of the false economies of conspicuous ODA and aid.