European Development Cooperation and the Poor

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 a

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European Development Cooperation and the Poor Aidan Cox

Evaluation Adviser UNDP New York

John Healey

Senior Research Associate Overseas Development Institute London

with Paul Hoebink

Senior Lecturer Third World Centre Catholic University Nijmegen

and Timo Voipio

Research Fellow IDS - Helsinki

in association with PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

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Contents List of Tables, Figures and Boxes

viii

Acronyms

ix

Preface

xi

Foreword

xiv

1 The Context of Poverty

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Poverty situation Attitudes