Friendship for development: a new model of development practice?. Issue 7 (3rd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wigglesworth, Ann
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 32:Issue 7(2022)
• Page Start: 1011
• Page End: 1017
• Publication Date: 2022-10-03
• Subjects: Aid – NGOs -- civil society -- methods – partnerships -- Timor-Leste; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2022.2029354
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Friendship forms the basis of 35 community partnerships between Australia and Timor-Leste. Friendship facilitates the ownership of project activities by Timorese partners bringing into the development relationship a mutual respect and a shared journey of a kind that is not typical in time-bound aid projects. This paper reviews different models of donor-recipient relationships. A case study is used to show how Friendship offers a development strategy aligned with solidarity through a long term commitment built on trust and mutual responsibility. The model should be considered alongside the many existing theories and approaches to effective community development.