Nilima Gulrajani
Overseas Development Institute
29 Papers
124 Citations
Nilima Gulrajani is an academic researcher from Overseas Development Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aid effectiveness & Managerialism. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 25 publications. Previous affiliations of Nilima Gulrajani include King's College London & London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Transcending the Great Foreign Aid Debate: managerialism, radicalism and the search for aid effectiveness
TL;DR: The great aid debate pits those who are radically opposed to foreign aid against those who champion its managerial reform to achieve greater aid effectiveness as discussed by the authors, which uncharacteristically unifies neoliberals and neo-Marxists against foreign aid, while reformers espouse the tenets of managerialism as an ideological and practical vehicle for aid's improvement.
New vistas for development management: Examining radical–reformist possibilities and potential
TL;DR: In this paper, an overview of contemporary development management scholarship suggests that a longstanding division between radical and reformist development management research continues to exist, suggesting that a future for development management that is neither defined nor destined for failure.
Bilateral Donors and the Age of the National Interest: What Prospects for Challenge by Development Agencies?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how bilateral aid agencies manage this tension and how they might continue to serve the altruistic aims of development, and suggest that while structural autonomy is critical for preserving humanitarian motivations, there are also unexplored opportunities within other autonomous spheres.
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The future of development management: Introduction to the special issue
Willy McCourt,Nilima Gulrajani +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of development administration and management's post-independence history, outlining the new challenges posed by the rise of the governance model and critical development management.
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Donor proliferation to what ends? New donor countries and the search for legitimacy
Nilima Gulrajani,Liam Swiss +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examines the motivations and performance of New Donor Countries (NDCs) and draws on theories of no-no-no theory for aid fatigue in the Global North, concluding that despite aid fatigue, the number of donor states continues to grow.
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