While debates so far have dealt with political analysis as a
principle – discussing what its substance and form should be
– perhaps the more fundamental question is one of practice,
specifically whether it can be reconciled with the current context
of development policy. Among its achievements, the political
analysis community can count introducing a more
nuanced understanding of institutions, a more open and realistic
debate about the nature of power in development, and a
more systematic approach to development policy analysis;
however all these innovations have rarely been translated into
actual change in aid practices, due to an overly macro-political
and academic focus as much as to the inherent sensitivity of
talking openly about political contention (Copestake &
Williams, 2014). The impact of political analyses varies at different
levels, and even when they present clear practical implications
they have to face strong intellectual barriers against
the open integration of “politics” in development assistance
debates and policies (Unsworth, 2009). Weak institutional
memory and a reluctance to politicize donor–recipient relations
may have curtailed the impacts of whatever successful
PEAs have been conducted (Duncan & Williams, 2012). There
are often tensions around public communications and unrealistic
expectations about aid effectiveness, which clash with the
intrinsic pragmatism and incrementalism of political analysis
(Wild & Foresti, 2011). Lastly, the continued search for operational
relevance in terms of “results” may have actually
diluted the quality of analysis in a self-defeating transition
from “process” to “product,” further compounding the challenge
of translating policy into practice (Fisher &
Marquette, 2014).
While debates so far have dealt with political analysis as aprinciple – discussing what its substance and form should be– perhaps the more fundamental question is one of practice,specifically whether it can be reconciled with the current contextof development policy. Among its achievements, the politicalanalysis community can count introducing a morenuanced understanding of institutions, a more open and realisticdebate about the nature of power in development, and amore systematic approach to development policy analysis;however all these innovations have rarely been translated intoactual change in aid practices, due to an overly macro-politicaland academic focus as much as to the inherent sensitivity oftalking openly about political contention (Copestake &Williams, 2014). The impact of political analyses varies at differentlevels, and even when they present clear practical implicationsthey have to face strong intellectual barriers againstthe open integration of “politics” in development assistancedebates and policies (Unsworth, 2009). Weak institutionalmemory and a reluctance to politicize donor–recipient relationsmay have curtailed the impacts of whatever successfulPEAs have been conducted (Duncan & Williams, 2012). Thereare often tensions around public communications and unrealisticexpectations about aid effectiveness, which clash with theintrinsic pragmatism and incrementalism of political analysis(Wild & Foresti, 2011). Lastly, the continued search for operationalrelevance in terms of “results” may have actuallydiluted the quality of analysis in a self-defeating transitionfrom “process” to “product,” further compounding the challengeof translating policy into practice (Fisher &Marquette, 2014).
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