The European Union and Developing Countries

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Forces Shaping EU Development Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. EU Development Cooperation in Perspective

      • Carol Cosgrove-Sacks

      Pages 3-15

   3. The Role of the European Commission

      • Benedicte Claes

      Pages 16-27

   4. The Role of the European Court of Justice

      • Jessica Larsson

      Pages 28-41

   5. The Role of France in the Lomé IV Convention

      • Janick Rajoharison

      Pages 42-60

   6. Britain and the Lomé Convention

      • Philip Tod

      Pages 61-73

   7. Italy, Spain and Portugal and the Lomé Convention

      • Annalisa Oddone

      Pages 74-90

   8. The Nordic Contribution to the Development Cooperation of the European Union

      • Audunn Arnórsson

      Pages 91-105

3. The Lomé Convention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. EU-ACP Relations in the 1990s

      • Gioia Scappucci

      Pages 109-126

   3. The Record of the Trade Provisions of the Lomé Convention

      • Kai Radtke

      Pages 127-143

   4. The European Development Fund

      • Emanuele Giaufret

      Pages 144-153

   5. The European Investment Bank

      • Ana de Castro

      Pages 154-165

   6. South African Membership of the Lomé Convention

      • Cybèle Haupert

      Pages 166-178

   7. ECHO — Humanitarian Aid

      • Emma Ascroft

      Pages 179-189

4. The Mediterranean Challenge

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. A Review of the Barcelona Conference and a Summary of EU Policy Objectives

      • Francisco Javier Raya

      Pages 193-205

   3. Turkey, Cyprus, Malta — Potential EU Members?

      • Maria Pia Pace

      Pages 206-223

   4. EU-Israeli Relations

      • Andrzej Kosnikowski

      Pages 224-234

This book examines the ways in which EU policies towards developing countries are changing in response to the new challenges of globalization and the end of the Cold War. It analyses the patchwork of relationships between the fifteen Member States and more than 140 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean.

• ASEAN
• Developing Countries
• development
• Development Cooperation
• European Commission
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• globalization
• trade policy
• european union politics

• College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium

  Carol Cosgrove-Sacks

• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, UK

  Carol Cosgrove-Sacks

CAROL COSGROVE-SACKS is Director of the Trade Division in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva and a Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. She is an experienced and respected trade development economist, a professor, entrepreneur and manager. Previously she has taught at the universities of Basel, Reading, Aberdeen, Surrey, and Tufts (London and Boston, USA). She is also the author/editor of 11 books and over 70 articles, mainly on international relations and trade development issues. She has served on the executive boards of the Central Statistical Office (UK), the Management Centre Europe (Brussels), and the Institute of Development Studies (UK). As Director of the Trade Division of the UNE/ECE her principal professional priority is to support the integration of the transition economies into European and global markets.

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