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Facilitating Recipient Ownership and Participation in Project Preparation
and Appraisal under South
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South Cooperation:
NEDA Experiences in Lao PDR
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Thanyaporn
Soontornthum
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Abstract
There has been increasing interest in South
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South Cooperation (SSC) in recent years of
development effort.
This trend claims the greater benefits of recipient countries
engaging in SSC
rather than engaging in NSC (North
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South Cooperation) as SSC brings ou
t the expertise and
comparative advantage of southern development partner. This study focuses particularly on South
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South bilateral cooperation and investigates into the condition within S
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S cooperation that enables
recipient’s participation and ownership
which are important issues emphasized by the 8th
Millennium Development Goal. In general, the level of recipient ownership is the extent to which
recipient countries are treated as drivers of the car who set the course (Wolfensohn, 1999), while,
ideally, d
onors help inject extra fuel in the tank if the car is heading into the right direction (The
Financial Times, 21 Aug 2001).
This study provides an analysis and evaluation of the measures that NEDA
(Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Ag
ency) as Thai Government’s
donor agency facilitates recipient ownership and participation in south
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south development project
with particular focus in preparation and appraisal stage of project life cycle.
Road improvement
project between Thai and Lao PDR s
tarting from Baan Tadthong to Ban Namsang (so called R11)
with the total distance of 82 Km is chosen for analysis.
Based on interview with experts and government officials involving in the selected SSC
project, the study will analyze factor that explains
participation and recipient ownership that
emerges during the
preparation and appraisal stage
of project life cycle.
“Participative
view
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is