Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been one of the principal beneficiaries of the liberalisation of capital flows over recent decades, and now constitutes the major form of capital inflow for many developing countries, including low-income ones like Chad, Mauritania, Sudan and Zambia. But while...

The financial crisis should give a new impetus to governments’ efforts to improve aid effectiveness. Over the last few months, the governments of OECD countries have pledged trillions of dollars in loans, guarantees, capital injections, and other assistance in their coordinated effort to prop...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Ch.1: The Evolution of EU Development Policy -- Ch.2: The Enlarged European Union and the Developing World: What Future? -- Ch.3: European Development Policymaking: Globalisation and the Post-Lomé World -- Ch.4: Clash of Civilisations of Intercultural...