Claims and realities of inter-state relations: the case of Kenya-Norway aid relations
Abstract
This study aims at analyzing the claims by official records and scholarly
observations to the effect that Norwegian aid, unlike aid from the major industrial
powers, is objectively functional in recipient terms as observed in chapter one.
The study seeks to do so by assessing the Kenya-Norway economic relationship
instituted in 1965, within the realms of the interdependency and development
paradigms.
Chapter two sets the pace for the said analysis by discussing the need for foreign
development assistance and the component characteristics of the ideal
development aid. The third chapter makes an assessment of a selected number of
Norway-funded projects in Kenya, their objectives, operational results, and their
impact.
The nature of the Kenya-Norway aid relationship is assessed in chapter four
wherein salient policy shifts in the process of Norwegian aid administration are
noted together with their development implications for the recipient. Chapter five
is a synthesis of the findings and addresses the presumed Norwegian aid
objectivity vis-a-vis the idea- of conditionality.
The last chapter is a summary of the preceding ones and contains conclusions and
recommendations. It is contended herein that whereas Norway has disbursed aid
to Kenya largely in the form of grants, it has, in fact, not escaped from the
general trend within the donor community towards conditionality of aid and
commercialization of the same; hence practically negating the presupposed
objectivity of the said aid.
Citation
Masters of Arts DegreePublisher
University of Nairobi Department of Arts
Description
A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the
Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Nairobi.