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		<title>EDCSP update – May 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What future for EU development cooperation in middle-income countries? The state of play of negotiations between EU institutions</title>
		<link>http://international-development.eu/2013/05/08/what-future-for-eu-development-cooperation-in-middle-income-countries-the-state-of-play-of-negotiations-between-eu-institutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission proposed policy of ‘differentiation’ aims to recalibrate aid and development cooperation in middle-income countries. The policy responds directly to recent changes in global poverty and wealth patterns, economic flows and geopolitical realities. In an increasingly heterogeneous development landscape, the EU has initiated a multifaceted approach in an effort to ‘differentiate’ between the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&#038;blog=12201170&#038;post=1921&#038;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The future of EU aid in middle-income countries. The case of South Africa</title>
		<link>http://international-development.eu/2013/05/08/the-future-of-eu-aid-in-middle-income-countries-the-case-of-south-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 09:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this ODI Working Paper, Sian Herbert focuses the debate on the European Union’s (EU) new proposed policy approach to middle-income countries (MICs) – ‘differentiation’ – at the case study level, through an analysis of South Africa. Shifting global patterns of wealth, poverty, trade, and geopolitical power are constructing new opportunities and challenges for development [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&#038;blog=12201170&#038;post=1917&#038;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can the EU deliver joined-up thinking and action in international development? Eight steps for a better External Action Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his latest blog, Simon Maxwell asks whether the EU can deliver joined-up thinking and action in international development. He recommends eight changes which should be recommended by the review of the EU’s external affairs currently underway. Read the blog here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&#038;blog=12201170&#038;post=1911&#038;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Implementing the European Union gender action plan 2010-2015: challenges and opportunities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EU first articulated its policy commitment to gender equality in development cooperation in 1995, following the Beijing UN Women’s Conference, and has redefined it several times since. A growing awareness of the gap between EU policy and practice on gender equality on the part of several Member States led the European Commission to draft [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&#038;blog=12201170&#038;post=1902&#038;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global problems need global solutions: The EU and global public goods</title>
		<link>http://international-development.eu/2013/03/18/global-problems-need-global-solutions-the-eu-and-global-public-goods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last decade, development cooperation has evolved to such an extent that we are now entering ‘a new age of global development’, characterised by an emphasis on global public goods (GPGs). The increasingly global nature of development challenges clearly indicates that global problems require global solutions and new forms of international cooperation with the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&#038;blog=12201170&#038;post=1895&#038;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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