At the end of the current millenium the best description of Europe's relations with the developing countries of the South is: all change. Since 1957 the European Community has operated special policies for developing countries, many of which were formerly European colonies. However, neither the...

This article critically assesses the European Union's Green Paper on its relations with the 71 Lome Convention countries after the millenium. It argues that the Green Paper, which sets out a series of possible options for the future of EU-African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) relations, in fact...

Gender considerations and civil society are both major issues in the current debate about the implementation of EU development policy. This volume provides a new perspective and focus on the increasingly important issues of gender equality, democracy and participation to explain how they impact...