It's not just about Aid, it's also about Policy.

by Jonathan Brough and Riaz K Tayob


Tallinn 26 May, 2011

At a meeting on Estonia’s development cooperation using aid money for other countries, Indian Professor Jayati Ghosh, suggested Estonians can best assist global development by pushing national and European policy-makers for more technical assistance and solidarity support that is not linked to preconditions of market liberalisation.

Panel debate on fiscal 'austerity' by prof. Kattel, prof.Sommers and Prof.Staehr: Part V

Panel debate on fiscal 'austerity' by prof. Kattel, prof.Sommers and Prof.Staehr: Part IV

Panel debate on fiscal 'austerity' by prof. Kattel, prof.Sommers and Prof.Staehr: Part III

Panel debate on fiscal 'austerity' by prof. Kattel, prof.Sommers and Prof.Staehr: Part II

Panel debate on fiscal 'austerity' by prof. Kattel, prof.Sommers and Prof.Staehr

Jayati Ghosh - Women and Work in Developing Countries Part 1

Is addressing fragmented EU Aid useful without focussing on productive capacity?

By Riaz K. Tayob

republished from the TUT DPA and TG Blog

 

At an 11 November lecture at Tallinn University EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs very candidly highlighted the need for the EU to have “a more determined system” for its aid to address the fragmentation in European delivery. What does this mean in terms of development cooperation, and what should cooperation include?

Aid is not charity, should “benefit the giver”, Piebalgs- EU Commissioner for Development

Aid is not charity, should “benefit the giver”, Piebalgs- EU Commissioner for Development

Updated 12 November 2010

11 Nov 2010, Tallinn (Riaz K. Tayob & Aleksandrs Cepilovs*) - EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said that EU aid was regulated by the Lisbon Treaty, and that it was not charity. Later he also explained what was meant by reports that EU development aid “should benefit the giver” and also provided an example of what he meant by “value for money”.