European Development Cooperation: In Between the Local and the Global - Softcover

9789089642257: European Development Cooperation: In Between the Local and the Global

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9089642250 ISBN 13: 9789089642257

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, 2011

The foreign aid disbursed by the EU member states reached record levels in 2008, as several member states raised their assistance considerably and new ones began to contribute. This definitive study offers valuable new insights into previously established forms of aid, such as food donations, support for energy projects in Africa, and security-related assistance for smaller EU members, as well as an overview of new programs. The contributors also discuss the role of local and regional authorities in development cooperation in the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain.

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About the Author:

Paul Hoebink holds theExtraordinary Professorship in Development Cooperation at the Centre for International Development Issues at Radboud University Nijmegen.

Review:

"The Lisbon Treaty puts European international and development cooperation at a cross-road. Will the Union be able to keep up its strong joint record? Hoebink et al provide a well-chosen, inviting mix of insights in some of the multiple challenges emerging."[-]Paul Engel, Director, European Centre for Development Policy Management - ECDPM[-][-]"Paul Hoebink and his co-authors make two important contributions in this volume. First, they bring clear-headed analysis to bear on the important question of Europe's contribution to global poverty reduction. And, second, they help build a community of scholars and practitioners whose collective effort will translate analysis into action."[-]Simon Maxwell, Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute, London[-]

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