This report presents the summary results of three reports evaluating Netherlands bilateral aid to India, Mali and Tanzania, together with the main findings which the three reports have in common. The summaries have roughly the same structure: an outline of the conditions in the recipient country...

The role of lower-order urban centres in regional development constitutes an important subject of debate. The existing controversies in the literature and the lack of empirical data to support the optimistic assumptions of policy-makers and planners inspired a team of geographers at Utrecht...