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LUX-DEVELOPMENT is the development co-operation agent for almost all the bilateral projects financed by the government of Luxembourg, and for Luxembourg's emergency relief work.

http://www.lux-development.lu/roster.lasso?lang=uk

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African Voices - Improving EC aid to Agriculture in Africa

African Voices in Europe has been launched by Practical Action to expose the failures of EC aid to improve the lives of farmers and livestock keepers in Africa and set a new agenda for ensuring aid reaches Africa's poorest communities. The site includes videos, photo stories, and in-depth research on EC aid to agriculture in Africa.

http://practicalaction.org/?id=africanvoices

(Added: Fri Mar 16 2007   Modified: Fri Dec 21 2007   Hits: 366)

Assessing Trends in EC Development Policy

An Independent Review of the European Commission's External Aid Reform Process. This study, commissioned by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), provides a snapshot of the ongoing reform process. Based on desk review and consultations with EC officials (DG DEV, RELEX, Trade), it presents an independent assessment of the reform proposals from a broad developmental perspective and identifies key challenges in further improving the performance of EC aid.

http://www.ecdpm.org/pubs/dp16_gb.htm

(Added: Fri Jun 16 2000   Modified: Thu Aug 25 2005   Hits: 236)

Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Cooperation

http://diplobel.fgov.be/default_en.htm

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Country and Regional Strategy Papers - European Commission

Strategy documents approved by the European Commission for the following countries (language): Botswana (EN); Burkina Faso (FR); Cameroun (FR); Cap Vert (FR); Ethiopia (EN); Gabon (FR); Grenada (EN); Guinée Bissau (FR); Jamaica (EN); Kiribati (EN); Madagascar (FR); Malawi (EN); Mauritanie (FR); Mauritius (EN); Mozambique (EN); Niger (FR); Nigeria (EN); Papua New Guinea (EN); République Centrafricaine (RCA) (FR); Solomon Islands (EN); Suriname (EN); Swaziland (EN); Tonga (EN); Trinidad & Tobago (EN); Uganda (EN); Western Samoa (EN); St Lucia (EN); Tanzania (FR); Tchad (FR); Vanuatu (EN); Zambia (EN).

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/external_relations/sp/index.htm

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Department for International Development Cooperation Finland

http://global.finland.fi/index.php?kieli=3

(Added: Mon Mar 01 1999   Hits: 365)

Development Co-operation Review of Portugal. Main Findings and Recommendations, 13-May-2001

Portugal's official development assistance/gross national product (ODA/GNP) ratio recorded 0.26% in 1999 and ranked 16th out of 22 Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Member countries.

http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,2340,en_2649_33721_1883871_119663_1_1_1,00.html

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Development Co-operation Review of The Netherlands. Main Findings and Recommendations, 13th June 2001

Dutch development co-operation has historically evolved flexibly with the challenges of the changing times, and has traditionally played an important and very active role among donor nations

http://www.oecd.org/document/47/0,2340,en_2649_33721_1883887_119663_1_1_1,00.html

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DFID Fact Sheet: Serbia

This DFID fact sheet provides useful basic information on both Serbia and DFID's operations in Serbia.

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/serbia-factsheet.pdf

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EU aid: Genuine leadership or misleading figures? An independent analysis of European aid figures

New official figures released by the European Commission in March show that European Member States are fulfilling their promises to increase overseas development and are actually ahead of their collective target and doing better than expected. However, as this NGO briefing shows, nearly one third, of the reported European ODA in 2005 did not provide any new aid resources for developing countries. This vast amount of apparent aid spending was in fact money for debt cancellation - which was primarily firstly issues to subsidise European companies operating in devloping countries - and for refugees and students costs in donor countries. Thus European aid is doing less than it could to fight world poverty. The report - to be realease in full at the end of April - calls for clean up in aid reporting to ensure that the only aid that is counted is aid that saves lives and not simply saves face. (Various European NGOs, 3 April 2006)

http://www.eurodad.org/uploadstore/cms/docs/NGOBRIEFINGEUaidgenuineleadershipormisleadingfigures.pdf

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European Development Cooperation 2010

European Development Cooperation to 2010 (EDC2010), a programme of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), promotes interaction across the development research and policy arenas by bringing together a broad spectrum of players to share their perspectives, learn from each other, and strengthen their working relationships. EDC2010 has partnerships with SID Europe and EUFORIC. This website contains a wealth of relevant sources and information on European development cooperation

http://www.eadi.org/edc2010/detail_page.phtml?page=edc2010_index

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Fast forward: How the European Commission can take the lead in providing high-quality budget support for education and health

Developing-country governments desperately need more long-term and predictable aid, given through their budgets, to finance the expansion of health care, education, and other vital social services. The European Commission (EC) is one of the biggest donors providing this kind of essential budget support, and has innovative plans to further improve and increase this aid. European Union (EU) member states must support these ambitious plans (Oxfam GB, May 2008).

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/debt_aid/bp111_ec_aid.html

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Hold the applause! EU Governenents risk breaking aid promises

In 2002 and again in 2005 European Union governments committed to substantial increases in the amount of aid they give to poor countries. According to official figures most European countries are living up to their aid promises. But European citizens should hold their applause. European governments continue to make misleading claims about their aid figures: nearly one third of Europe's reported Official Development Assistance (ODA) was not in fact genuine aid. (Eurodad, April 2007)

http://www.eurodad.org/uploadedFiles/Whats_New/Reports/Hold_the_Applause.FINAL.pdf

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Improving the Governance of European Foreign Aid: Development Cooperation as an Element of Foreign P

By Carlos Santiso, CEPS Working Document No. 189. Centre for European Policy Studies. Ironically, improving governance has become both a condition and objective of European foreign aid. Yet, the governance of European foreign aid is hardly an example to be followed. This study argues that the root cause of the current state of affairs is linked to the very process of European integration and the birth defects of European foreign aid policy. Europe has never clearly decided whether it wants development aid to be an instrument of its diplomacy or an autonomous policy with its own objectives and rationale. Time has probably come to make such a decision. The reform of the aid it provides is a critical dimension of its foreign policy, a dimension often overlooked by the debates on foreign, security and defence policies.

http://shop.ceps.be/free/99.pdf?

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Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

http://www.esteri.it/eng/

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Italy and the fight against world poverty

"Italy and the fight against world poverty" is the second ActionAid report on Italian development cooperation that assesses the progress Italy has made in honouring commitments made in 2000 in the fight against global poverty. One year into Italy's new premiership, the report takes stock of the government's achievements so far. One of the government's objectives is for Italy to become a significant contributor in the fight against world poverty by increasing financial resources and reforming the cooperation system. "Italy and the fight against world poverty" questions policy makers on this year's results and on their future plans to resolve past shortcomings before 2010. In 2010, Italy will be called upon by the donor community to report on the quantity and quality of its official development aid. By then, Italy will be required to spend 8.7 billion Euros every year in a "more effective" way to fight global poverty. (ActionAid).

http://www.eurodad.org/uploadedFiles/Whats_New/Reports/ItalyAndTheFightAgainstWorldPoverty_light.pdf

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Lux Development

LUX-DEVELOPMENT is the development co-operation agent for almost all the bilateral projects financed by the government of Luxembourg, and for Luxembourg's emergency relief work.

http://www.lux-development.lu

(Added: Thu Mar 01 2001   Hits: 275)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Russian Federation

Press releases, statements, briefings and other materials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Russian Federation

http://www.mid.ru/

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No Time To Waste: European governments behind schedule on aid quantity and quality

European Union (EU) governments provide over half of the world's aid and have pledged to increase this further.

http://www.eurodad.org/uploadedFiles/Whats_New/Reports/no_time_to_waste.pdf

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OECD DAC Aid Review of Austria: Summary and Conclusions, 1999

http://www.oecd.org/dac/htm/austria99.htm

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The EU-ACP Support Programme to Cultural Industries in ACP

This is the link to the new website of the ACP support programme. 'The general objective of the Programme is to contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development in African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) States, through the promotion of an enabling environment for creativity, cooperation and exchanges, independence and viability of the cultural sector in the ACP States, as well as the safeguarding of cultural diversity and fundamental cultural values.'

http://www.acpcultures.eu/?page=accueil&lang=uk

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The European Investment Bank in the South: In whose interest?' Can the EIB deliver on development? [PDF 1.28 mb]

A day before the European Investment Bank (EIB) sets up a special trust fund to disburse European aid to Africa, a new report launched today in the European Parliament reveals that the EIB is currently under prepared to deliver on development. Available online, the report was authored by Jaroslava Colajacomo on behalf of four sponsoring NGOs - CRBM, CEE Bankwatch, Friends of the Earth International and WEED. 'European Investment Bank in the South. In whose interest?' evaluates the environmental, social and development consequences of EIB operations in Africa, Latin America and Asia and presents eight case studies of controversial EIB financed projects in Zambia, Chad, Cameroon, Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, Indonesia and Laos and covers areas such as mining, oil, the pulp industry, water privatisation and large hydro dams.

http://www.bankwatch.org/documents/eib_in_south_3.pdf

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