ABSTRACT

This chapter examines various perspectives on partnership, one of the principles of the Comprehensive Development Framework. Many donors have substantial experience with development partnerships, and there are models of partnership from other fields, such as business and law, and in the literature on participation. The chapter deals with a discussion of possible links between partnership and selectivity in choosing countries, sectors, institutions, and instruments for development assistance. Turning to donor experience, the history of the Lome Convention provides an object lesson in the potential and pitfalls of partnership. Donor experience suggests the following elements as contributions to the effectiveness of the United Nations-World Bank partnership at the country level. In 1998 the Development Assistance Committee compact was further developed as a Working Checklist for Strengthening Development Partnerships. The United Kingdom introduced the concept of partnership in its 1997 white paper on international development.