Abstract
This chapter charts the Development Assistance Committee’s (DAC) Cold
War history. During this period the DAC established much of the institutional
and intellectual scaffolding of international development cooperation.
Moreover, participation in the DAC also orchestrated a quiet revolution in
the identities of its members, forging them into an imagined community
of donors in which the supply of development assistance came to be seen
as a routine function of modern industrialised states. Although the Cold
War provided the overarching backdrop, the chapter also teases out some
of the other key features of the landscape inhabited by the DAC and how
they constrained and enabled its influence. These include the North-South
orientation of development cooperation, the hegemonic role of the United
States, disagreements among member states, and the DAC’s relationship
with other component parts of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
War history. During this period the DAC established much of the institutional
and intellectual scaffolding of international development cooperation.
Moreover, participation in the DAC also orchestrated a quiet revolution in
the identities of its members, forging them into an imagined community
of donors in which the supply of development assistance came to be seen
as a routine function of modern industrialised states. Although the Cold
War provided the overarching backdrop, the chapter also teases out some
of the other key features of the landscape inhabited by the DAC and how
they constrained and enabled its influence. These include the North-South
orientation of development cooperation, the hegemonic role of the United
States, disagreements among member states, and the DAC’s relationship
with other component parts of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Origins, Evolution and Future of Global Development Cooperation: The Role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) |
| Editors | Gerardo Bracho, Richard Carey, William Hynes, Stephan Klingebiel, Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval |
| Publisher | Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik |
| Pages | 272-89 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-96021-163-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Sep 2021 |