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Consolidation or cooperation: the future of EU development cooperation

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  • Gavas, Mikaela
  • Johnson, Deborah
  • Maxwell, Simon

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Two future paths are available for European development cooperation: either “cooperation”, in which the European Commission takes on the role of network coordinator and Member States take the lead in delivering aid; or “consolidation”, in which the EC plays a progressively larger role in shaping policy and delivering aid. The development agenda is evolving in a consolidationist direction, with a greater focus on collective solutions to global problems. However, the EU will find it difficult to move in this direction: the core conditions favouring greater consolidation, including the interests of Member States, do not appear to be met. A survey of development policy-makers confirms this view. There is enthusiasm for greater cooperation, but not for greater consolidation. The ‘quick wins’ seem to be in the area of standard-setting and measures to improve aid effectiveness, rather than rebalancing between bilateral programmes and the EC.

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  • Gavas, Mikaela & Johnson, Deborah & Maxwell, Simon, 2010. "Consolidation or cooperation: the future of EU development cooperation," IDOS Discussion Papers 6/2010, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
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    1. McKay Julie & Volz Ulrich & Wölfinger Regine, 2011. "Regional Financing Arrangements and the Stability of the International Monetary System," Journal of Globalization and Development, De Gruyter, vol. 2(1), pages 1-33, August.
    2. Mikaela Gavas & Simon Maxwell, 2017. "Walking on two legs: culture and calculus in European Union development cooperation," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(4), pages 587-597, July.

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