CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Reuvers, Lisette |
|---|---|
| Title | More than just money: The political consequences of corporate contributions for policy coherence, equity, and state capacity |
| Summary | International organizations have been calling for businesses to increase their funding towards education in order to fill the funding gap for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, there are fears that business contributions to education might not be in line with the interests of the international community calling for an increase in these contributions. Through the question “How do multinational corporations contribute to education development and is that compatible with the global education agenda?” this thesis examines the consequences of corporate contributions on society. For this thesis a dataset containing all education contributions of fifty multinational corporations was constructed and analyzed using an analytical framework based on Cammett & MacLean’s (2014) theory on the political consequences of non-state welfare provision extended with theory on motivations behind corporate contributions. The thesis finds that corporate contributions to education mostly focus on skills, mostly go to higher-middle-and high-income countries and non-marginalized groups, and that there is little public-private cooperation. The thesis concludes that corporate contributions indeed have consequences for policy coherence, equitable access and state capacity and that there is thus a mismatch between corporate contributions to education and global education needs. However, the thesis also finds some nuances in this mismatch, which suggest room for successful collaboration between public actors and corporate actors to meet common education goals. |
| Supervisor | Bodenstein, Thilo; Wietzke, Frank Borge |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/reuvers_lisette.pdf |
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