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European Development Cooperation and the Poor

By: A. Cox, T. Voipio, P. Hoebink, J. Healey

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Paperback | 31 May 2000 | Edition Number 1

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What are the poverty reduction goals of the European development co-operation agencies? This work examines the credibility of their actual record in terms of their commitment and approaches to poverty reduction. The poverty impact of their aid programmes and their good and bad practices are assessed based on field studies in seven poor countries. Ways of maximizing benefits to poor people are explored and changes in agency management systems and dialogue are recommended.

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Geography Human Geography Economic Geography Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies Miscellaneous Items Politics & Government International Relations International Institutions EU & European Institutions

Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Poverty & Unemployment Economic Theory & Philosophy Sociology & Anthropology Social Groups Social Classes

List of Tables, Figures and Boxes	p. viii
Acronyms	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiv
The Context of Poverty	p. 1
Poverty situation	p. 2
Attitudes and policies of the authorities towards the poor and poverty reduction	p. 6
Politics and the poor	p. 14
Decentralization and the poor	p. 17
Conclusion	p. 20
Poverty Reduction Goals and Strategies of the European Development Cooperation Agencies	p. 23
Goals and strategies	p. 23
Trends and conceptualization	p. 27
Aims of the European Agencies: consensus and feasibility	p. 30
Summary	p. 37
Role and Modes of Intervention of the Development Cooperation Agencies for Poverty Reduction	p. 40
Potential role of aid agencies in poverty reduction	p. 40
Modes of intervention: some important choices	p. 41
What is the record of donors playing these roles?	p. 45
Summary	p. 55
The Approach to Poverty Reduction in the Country Programmes	p. 57
What donors actually do: starting questions	p. 57
Country programming and strategies: PR orientation	p. 58
Dialogue on PR - bilateral and collective	p. 61
Ownership	p. 67
Specific interventions: patterns of the European development agencies	p. 69
Summary	p. 76
Have the Poor Benefited? Evidence of Effectiveness and Impact	p. 78
Method and approach	p. 79
Participation, gender, sustainability and impact	p. 83
Exploring factors behind impact	p. 89
Summary	p. 92
Good and Bad Approaches: Case Study Evidence	p. 93
Targeting the poor	p. 94
Gender sensitivity	p. 101
Seeking the participation of the poor	p. 104
The Holy Grail of sustainability	p. 111
Replicating success?	p. 117
Conclusions and suggestions	p. 119
Options for Reaching the Poor More Effectively: Some New Thinking	p. 122
The concept of a 'partnership' where the recipient is in the driving seat	p. 122
Single-country strategies on poverty reduction	p. 126
From ad hoc projects to sectoral approaches for poverty reduction	p. 128
Sector or project approach to PR: some evidence	p. 135
Linking debt relief and poverty reduction under HIPC II: emerging ideas	p. 139
Summary and conclusions	p. 140
Poverty Reduction: Organization and Management of the European Agencies	p. 142
Transmission mechanisms: weaknesses	p. 143
Appropriate personnel	p. 150
Decentralization of donor organizations	p. 152
Coordination in-country on poverty reduction	p. 160
Feedback and learning lessons	p. 162
Summary	p. 162
Conclusions and some Suggestions for Reform	p. 165
The context of poverty	p. 165
Poverty reduction goals and strategies of the European development cooperation agencies	p. 166
Country operations and poverty reduction	p. 168
The effectiveness and impact of poverty-oriented projects	p. 169
Good and bad approaches	p. 170
Poverty reduction: organization and management of the European agencies	p. 173
How to strengthen agencies' effectiveness in reaching the poor	p. 175
Poverty: A Multi-dimensional Concept	p. 179
Recommendations and Suggestions from Project Case Studies in India	p. 184
The Key to Judgements on the Performance of Specific Interventions with PR Objectives	p. 188
Some Effective Specific Interventions for Benefiting the Poor (Supported by the European Agencies)	p. 191
Complete List of Countries, Projects and Donors Reviewed	p. 220
Notes	p. 222
References	p. 225
Index	p. 229
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