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European Development Cooperation and the Poor

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Authors:
  1. Aidan Cox

    1. UNDP, USA

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  2. John Healey

    1. Overseas Development Institute, UK

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  3. Paul Hoebink

    1. Third World Centre, Catholic University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

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  4. Timo Voipio

    1. IDS, Helsinki, Finland

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Context of Poverty

    • Aidan Cox, John Healey, Paul Hoebink, Timo Voipio
    Pages 1-22

  3. Poverty Reduction Goals and Strategies of the European Development Cooperation Agencies

    • Aidan Cox, John Healey, Paul Hoebink, Timo Voipio
    Pages 23-39

  4. Role and Modes of Intervention of the Development Cooperation Agencies for Poverty Reduction

    • Aidan Cox, John Healey, Paul Hoebink, Timo Voipio
    Pages 40-56

  5. The Approach to Poverty Reduction in the Country Programmes

    • Aidan Cox, John Healey, Paul Hoebink, Timo Voipio
    Pages 57-77

  6. Have the Poor Benefited? Evidence on Effectiveness and Impact

    • Aidan Cox, John Healey, Paul Hoebink, Timo Voipio
    Pages 78-92

  7. Good and Bad Approaches: Case Study Evidence

    • Aidan Cox, John Healey, Paul Hoebink, Timo Voipio
    Pages 93-121

  8. Options for Reaching the Poor More Effectively: Some New Thinking

    • Aidan Cox, John Healey, Paul Hoebink, Timo Voipio
    Pages 122-141

  9. Poverty Reduction: Organization and Management of the European Agencies

    • Aidan Cox, John Healey, Paul Hoebink, Timo Voipio
    Pages 142-164

  10. Conclusions and some Suggestions for Reform

    • Aidan Cox, John Healey, Paul Hoebink, Timo Voipio
    Pages 165-178

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 179-236
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About this book

What are the poverty reduction goals of the European development cooperation agencies? This book examines the credibility of their actual record in terms of their commitment and approaches to poverty reduction. The poverty impact of their aid programmes and their good and bad practices are assessed based on field studies in seven poor countries.

Authors and Affiliations

  • UNDP, USA

    Aidan Cox

  • Overseas Development Institute, UK

    John Healey

  • Third World Centre, Catholic University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

    Paul Hoebink

  • IDS, Helsinki, Finland

    Timo Voipio

About the authors

AIDAN COX has served as a Specialised Adviser to the International Development Committee of the House of Commons. Recent publications include: Understanding European Community Aid: Aid Policies, Management and Distribution Explained, How European Aid Works (with J.Healey and A.Koning), and British Aid Policies for Poverty Reduction.

JOHN HEALEY is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, London. Recent publications include: Democracy, Governance and Economic Policy: Sub-Saharan Africa in Comparative Perspective (with Mark Robinson), Votes and Budgets: Third World Studies in Accountable Governance (with William Todd), and How European Aid Works (with A.Cox and A Koning).

PAUL HOEBINK is a Senior Lecturer at the Third World Centre of the Catholic University in Nijmegen. His main subjects of research are development policy and cooperation. He has published widely on aid policies and aid effectiveness, as well as on policy coherence.

TIMO VOIPIO is a Research Fellow at IDS-Helsinki and is presently Secretary-General of the Finnish Parliamentary Advisory Board for Relations with Developing Countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has published a major work on the history of international trade in coffee, tea and cocoa entitled Tropiikin Lahjat (Gifts from the Tropics), as well as many smaller books and articles on poverty reduction and aid.

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