CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Kulauzov, Dora |
|---|---|
| Title | Policies to combat desertification and climate change in the Southern-Mediterranean region in the context of international development cooperation |
| Summary | The above entitled PhD dissertation examines interlinkages of policies to combat desertification and climate change and international development cooperation. The geographical dimension has two edges: the Maghreb countries of the Southern-Mediterranean region are focused upon from the developing country perspective, while a number of EU donor countries’ related policies are considered in order to suggest future directions for the international development cooperation policy of an emerging EU donor country, Hungary. This is all in harmony with the Euro-Mediterranean partnership and the new European Neighbourhood Policy. From the theoretical perspective, an analysis of 30 years of history of the formulation and reformulation process of the desertification concept has been carried out, reaching a conclusion that the present official UNCCD definition needs reconsideration and renegotiation to widen the scope of the UNCCD to include countries that experience desertification processes and drought with land areas that fall into other categories than arid, semi-arid, and dry-subhumid. Although an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the examined countries (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia) together with an analysis of international development cooperation projects have confirmed that most of the examined implemented projects correspond to the individual countries’ needs with respect to combating desertification and climate change, one of the conclusions is that in some cases the “recipient country driven approach” is not present and should be strengthened. It is an important observation that it is not enough if sectoral donor projects are improved in specific areas, but it has to be accompanied by a reform and restructuring of these countries’ public administration system in order that they are able to absorb financial and technical assistance in an efficient way. The dissertation is closed by a forward-looking statement for Hungary, as it is emphasised that the country should become an active participant in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership for its own national interests and for complying with international expectations. |
| Supervisor | Mnatsakanian, Ruben |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/ephkud01.pdf |
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