european development cooperation to 2020: emerging issues simon maxwell
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European Development Cooperation to 2020:
Emerging Issues
Simon Maxwell
The argument
1. European Development Cooperation has been on a journey – and this will continue
2. The next decade will see big challenges
3. A new research policy partnership can put Europe in the forefront – if we get it right
EDC 2008: an infrastructure fit for purpose (almost)
• EuropeAid• DPS• Deconcentration• Code of Conduct• Coherence• Financial Perspectives• CFSP• Lisbon Treaty
• Pending for 2009: Commission structure, Budget/EDF, EPAs, future of the ACP
Is this the end of the beginning?
Elephant issues driving the development agenda
• New actors: China, India, and the analytics of globalisation
• New securities: energy and other
• Global public goods, including climate change
Implication for governments?
Aid
TradeForeign Policy
?
The exam question:will there be a European comparative advantage –
and a reform agenda?• Values
• Policies
• Structures
• Programmes
• Implementation
N.B
Positive questions
Normative questions
Europe
Nations
Less Pro-poor
More Pro-poor
Four scenarios for European Development Cooperation
Europe
Nations
Less Pro-poor
More Pro-poor
PROGRESSION
COMPRESSIONSECESSION
RETROGRESSION
The research commitment
(a) The story-teller
(b) The networker
(c) The engineer
(d) The fixer
The policy commitment?
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