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'New' Actors and Global Development Cooperation

By Erik Lundsgaarde

Policy Brief No 19 – March 2011

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Mexico as an “Emerging Donor”

By Jeanne Lätt, Research Fellow, DIE

Policy Brief No 18 – March 2011

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Chinese Development Cooperation and the EU

By John Humphrey, Institute of Development Studies, UK

Policy Brief No 17 – March 2011

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Indian Development Cooperation: Key Traits and Prospects

By John Humphrey, Institute of Development Studies, UK

Policy Brief No 16 – March 2011

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Climate Change Challenges for European Development Cooperation: Issues Towards 2020

By Merylyn Hedger and Neil Bird, ODI

Policy Brief No 15 – March 2011

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Looking at Effectiveness as well as Transparency in Climate Finance

By Jessica Brown and Leo Peskett, ODI

Opinion No 9 – March 2011

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Climate Finance in Bangladesh: Ongoing Challenges

By Merylyn Hedger, Institute of Development Studies, Overseas Development Institute

Opinion No 8 – March 2011

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South Africa as a Development Partner in Africa

By Sven Grimm, Director, Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University

Policy Brief – March 2011

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The New Landscape Of Economic Governance - Strengthening the Role of Emerging Economies

By Jodie Keane and Dirk Willem te Velde

Working Paper No 13 - March 2011

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Arab Donors: Implications for Future Development Cooperation

By Lisa Denney with Leni Wild,

Policy Brief No. 13 – March 2011

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Commissioner Piebalgs on coherence between energy security and development policies

Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Development, gave a keynote speech at the last EDC 2020 Briefing to Parliamentarians, which took place in Brussels on 9 February 2011.

Listen to the keynote, read highlights from the debate and see the key EDC 2020 results on energy security and development

European Good Governance Policies Meet China in Africa: Insights from Angola and Ethiopia

By Christine Hackenesch

Working Paper No 10 - February 2011

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The Challenge from Within: New EU Donors and European Development Cooperation

By Erik Lundsgaarde, Research Fellow, DIE

Policy brief No 10 - March 2011

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Engaging with China in Africa –Trilateral Cooperation as an Option?

By Sven Grimm, Director, Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University

Policy brief No 9 - February 2011

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Shaping Europe's Global Role event: key messages and highlights

The final conference of the European Development Cooperation to 2020 project (EDC 2020) took place on 10 February 2011 in Brussels. The EDC 2020 team of researchers presented their results and debated Europe's global role in development cooperation. Read more and listen to the presentations

EU Development and Energy Policy Urgently Need Coordinating

The EDC2020 project found that EU development and energy policy urgently need coordinating. At present they often work at odds to each other. This will be a major issue in future years, where the EU needs to reform its policies to make a major impact. Read the document.

Global Philanthropists and European Development Cooperation

By Erik Lundsgaarde, Research Fellow, DIE

Policy brief No 8 - February 2011

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The Challenge of Securing European Coherence on Climate Finance

By Neil Bird, Research Fellow, ODI

Policy brief No 7 - January 2011

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The EU’s Interests in Central Asia: Integrating Energy, Security and Values into Coherent Policy

By Jos Boonstra, Senior Researcher, FRIDE

Working Paper No 9 - January 2011

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European Development Cooperation in a Changing World: Rising Powers and Global Challenges after the Financial Crisis

By John Humphrey, Institute of Development Studies, UK

Policy brief No 6 - January 2011

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European Climate and Development Financing Before Cancun

By Imme Scholz, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für
Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Opinion No. 7 - December 2010

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The G20 as a Development Opportunity for the European Union

By Madeline R. Young, FRIDE

Opinion No. 6 - November 2010

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EDC2020 E-newsletter No. 9 online

The October 2010 edition of the EDC2020 e-newsletter is now available online.
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The EU-Turkmenistan energy relationship: difficulty or opportunity?

By Jos Boonstra, senior researcher at FRIDE

Policy Brief No 5 - October 2010

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European Development Cooperation In Between the Local and the Global

In European Development Cooperation, In Between the Local and the Global, contributors offer valuable new insights into the established aid instruments such as food aid, support for energy projects in Africa and security-related development assistance in the programmes of some smaller European donors, as well as an overview of these new donor programmes.

By Paul Hoebink (ed.)

Now available at Amsterdam University Press.

Roundtable

The EU and Climate Change Policy, on the sidelines or back in the game ?

25 May 2010, Bonn, Germany

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Climate Finance and Europe: lost momentum and challenges ahead

By Merylyn Hedger

 

Opinion No 5 - July 2010

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