By Andrew Sherriff and Andy Sumner / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series
So, the UK has a new government. What does it mean for post-Brexit UK-EU relations?
In a new brief for ECDPM, we consider the UK election outcome and explore the potential challenges and opportunities for UK-EU collaboration on development.
Continue reading “After the Landslide: What are the Prospects for UK-EU Collaboration in Global Development Cooperation?”
By Stefan Cibian / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series
In the early 1970s, Romania offered partner countries over 300 million USD per year in technical assistance. In 2022, Romania disbursed only 80,87 million USD in bilateral aid, while the overall budget of RoAID, the Romanian Development Agency, managing a part of Romania’s bilateral aid, was less than 13 million EUR. Such a difference reflects a limited political prioritization of development assistance and partner countries in Romania’s foreign and development policies after 1989.
Continue reading “Romania’s Development Policy: Policy Challenges and Unexplored Potential”
By Andy Sumner / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series
The UK election is at hand. The campaign has been dominated by questions of what might change in the UK (or not). But there’s been relatively little attention on overseas and specifically, foreign and development policy. What are the main political parties pledging?
Continue reading “Money, Ministries, Motives, and Meh: How Might the Election Change UK Development Policy?”
By Lau Schulpen / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series
June 2024 is more than six months since the last general elections were held. Elections in which the radical right Party for Freedom (PVV) of Geert Wilders emerged as the biggest with 37 seats of the 150 in the Dutch lower house. It took the full six months for the PVV and three other right-wing parties to form a coalition government, meaning the Netherlands will have the most right-leaning government they ever had. For those still trying to cope with the blow of the PVV victory six months ago, and certainly for those who care about the world outside of the Netherlands, the new cabinet will have little to offer.
Continue reading “The Netherlands: a Bleak Perspective for Development Cooperation”
By Lukas Schlögl / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series
Austria plays an unassuming midfield position in international development cooperation: stable institutions, a stagnant budget, incremental policy change and a multilateralist orientation. Taking a step back, such ‘aid business as usual’ is surprising. Why, despite tumultuous domestic political change and a strong political influence of right-wing populism, has Austria’s development cooperation remained shielded from politicisation? And: will this last?
Continue reading “Aid Business as Usual? How Austria’s Development Cooperation has, so far, Dodged the Populist Bullet”
