EDC2020 E-newsletter No. 7 online

|28 January 2010| The seventh edition of the EDC2020 e-newsletter is now available online.
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Forthcoming: Briefing Session for Parliamentarians and Policy Makers

Post Copenhagen: Practical Consequences for Europe 

23 March 2010, Brussels/ Belgium

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Working Paper No. 5 now online

What Role for Sub-Saharan Africa in Europe’s Energy Policies?

By Richard Youngs

Working Paper No. 5 - November 2009

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Policy Brief No 4 online

Energy, Development and EITI: Improving coherence of EU policies towards Nigeria

By Madeline R. Young 

Policy Brief No 4 - November 2009

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Launch Event of the European Report on Development - Update

The Launch Event of the European Report on Development (ERD) in Germany organized jointly by EADI, EDC 2020 and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development took place on 10 November 2009 in Bonn.

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EDC2020 Panel at the European Development Days in Stockholm - Update

EADI, the EDC2020 project and Development Gateway hold a panel entitled "Development Beyond 2015, the future of European development cooperation" at the 4th edition of the European Development Days in Stockholm.

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Special EJDR issue - China in Africa: A Relationship in Transition now available

|18 september 2009| the European Journal of Development Research was published and is online available for subscribers.

 Guest Editors: Olusanya Ajakaiye and Raphael Kaplinsky

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The New Presence of China in Africa now available

|10 September 2009| The latest edition of the EADI book series, supported by the EDC 2020 project, analyses China's growing range of activities in Africa, especially in the Sub-Saharan region. 

By Meine Pieter van Dijk (ed.)

Now available at Amsterdam University Press.




EDC2020 E-ewsletter No. 6 online

|2 July 2009| The sixth edition of the EDC2020 e-newsletter is now available online.
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Report on the Policy Forum on the Global Crisis (27 May 2009)

|9 June 2009| On 27 May 2009 a Policy Forum entitled "Fighting the global recession's storm: Implications for European development co-operation" took place in Brussels. Leading experts analyzed critical issues surrounding the global recession and developing countries. The report and speakers' presentations are now available online.



Report on the special session at the IHDP Open meeting (30 April 2009)

|1 June 2009| On 30 April 2009 EDC2020 held a special session at the 7th UNU-IHDP Open Meeting in Bonn. The report on the session "Financing Adaptation to Climate Change: What is Europe's Role?" is now available online.


Working Paper No. 4 online

| 25 May 2009|

European Development Cooperation to 2020: Challenges by New Actors in International Development

By Sven Grimm, John Humphrey, Erik Lundsgaarde and Sarah-Lea John de Sousa

Working Paper No. 4 - May 2009

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Opinion No. 4 online

|14 May 2009|

In need of coherence: European development policies and the global economic crisis

By Can Akdeniz

Opinion No. 4 - May 2009

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23 March 2010 | An EDC 2020 Briefing to parliamentarians will be held on 23 March 2010 in Brussels/ Belgium. Read the programme



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