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Danish Development Cooperation Caught between Old Tropes and New Realities

By Adam Moe Fejerskov / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series

Although strong in absolute growth, Danish development cooperation remains caught between the fragmentation and lack of focus that comes from pursuing an overload of priorities – some of them fueled by domestic politics and circumstance – and the new realities of both multiple crises and a strengthened Global South, conversely demanding strategic clearsight.

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Overseas Development Aid in Ireland – How Does it Compare to other EU Countries and What Can We Expect for the Future?

By Pieternella Pieterse / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series

Ireland’s overseas development aid programme is, and always has been, a little different from fellow long-term EU members and neighbouring countries.  Many of Ireland’s neighbours have histories of colonial occupation of counties in Asia, Africa and Latin America.  Their aid programmes often continue to reflect these ties, and the reparations many countries sought to deliver after their former colonies’ independence. As a country that was long colonised, not colonising, Ireland’s development aid programme started from a place of empathy and solidarity, with an acute sense of having experienced a population decimating famine 150 years earlier.

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After the Landslide: What are the Prospects for UK-EU Collaboration in Global Development Cooperation?

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.

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Romania’s Development Policy: Policy Challenges and Unexplored Potential

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.

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Money, Ministries, Motives, and Meh: How Might the Election Change UK Development Policy?

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?

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