European development cooperation [[electronic resource] ] : in between the local and the global / / edited by Paul Hoebink

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140841903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 90-485-1228-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Collana: EADI
• Altri autori (Persone): HoebinkPaul
• Disciplina: 338.91
• Soggetti: Economic assistance - Europe; Europe Foreign economic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The hotly debated issues -- pt. 2. New insights on old instruments -- pt. 3. The new emerging European donors -- pt. 4. From the global to the local.
• Sommario/riassunto: Official Development Assistance, or foreign aid, disbursed by the EU member states reached record levels in 2008, when several member states raised their assistance considerably, while some of the new member states became donors again. This definitive study analyses a wide range of aspects of European development cooperation, covering, among others, some hotly debated issues such as the Economic Partnership agreements, development policy coherence and the participation of civil society organisations in negotiations with the European Union. The contributors offer valuable new insights into the