ABSTRACT
We should not assume that field practitioners and associated agencies are naïve or otherwise unaware of the entrenched inhibitors that detract from aid and development effectiveness. Such inhibitors are not discussed in this chapter as they are well documented elsewhere, in relation to both aid and development more generally and, in some cases, traditional police development assistance (Fry & Kabutaulaka, 2008; McCawley, 2008; Ellison, 2007; Land, 2007; Morgan, 2007; Murphy, 2007; Marenin, 2005; Slatter, 2003). Pragmatic donor responses to these inhibitors have evolved as part of a disparate and ongoing regime of change in the international development field that, as a global methodology, appears little more sophisticated than trial and error due to its breadth, diversity, and broadly unstructured foundations.2 It is important to stress that there is nothing inherently wrong with this from a field perspective, as it is commonly the only practical option for confronting debilitating aid and development issues.
