Due by Friday, October 18, 2023

Calls to “reimagine aid,” “shift the power,” and “decolonize aid” express frustration with systems of humanitarian and development assistance that are dominated by actors from the Global North and lack participation from local communities affected by these policies. In various domains of global governance, major reform movements consider how to meaningfully devolve decision-making power and resources from global institutions to local communities. This “localization turn” raises a few important conceptual and practical questions. How is localization understood by scholars, practitioners and local communities themselves? How is localization practiced and to what effects? What does localization reveal about how power and agency are constituted in global governance?

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