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This inspiring collection analyzes the contribution of EU development policy to poverty reduction and provides suggestions to enhance its effectiveness. It focuses on various aspects of the policy - trade, agriculture and food security, and modes of policy making and implementation - and concludes with practical recommendations for improvement.

An edited volume providing a critical overview of EU development policy and the challenges that it must confront in an increasingly volatile and changing world.

The central aim of this book is to define the approach of EU development policy regarding Africa since the end of the Cold War. It focuses on the impact of EU development policy on the domain of international development and the objective of the EU to become a prominent international actor. The book relies on Martha Finnemore's Social Constructivist research. It concentrates on the dynamics maintained by the EU with the normative basis that characterises the structure and agents of internati.

Die EU und ihre Mitgliedsstaaten formulieren in der Entwicklungspolitik ehrgeizige gemeinsame Prinzipien, die nationale Umsetzung hinkt aber oft hinterher. Welche Faktoren spielen dabei eine Rolle? Mit Frankreich, Deutschland und Spanien untersucht die Studie drei langjährige EU-Mitgliedsstaaten. Sie nutzt einen sozialkonstruktivistischen Normenansatz und entwirft ein Modell für das Verständnis der bislang oft unterbelichteten institutionellen Verankerung und Internalisierung internationaler Normen. In zwei Fallstudien werden Armutsorientierung und gebergemeinsame Ansätze untersucht. Auf Basis zahlreicher Interviews sowie umfassenden weiteren Quellen wird deutlich, dass sowohl länder- als auch fallspezifische Faktoren eine Rolle spielen.

This paper assesses the preferences of EU institutions and member states for the Union's development policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing both the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss and the exacerbating socio-economic inequalities requires a response that links the short-term recovery of the pandemic with longer-term socio-ecological transformations. Our findings show that the EU and its member states have mainly responded to that challenge through Team Europe and Team Europe Initiatives. While these have contributed to defining a joint European response to the pandemic, the strong focus on climate and green transitions and the lack of connections to the broader SDG agenda as well as social and human development have created tensions between some member states and the EU. A key challenge ahead in further defining the European response to the pandemic is finding new strategic directions and operational means for bridging these differing priorities.

Gender considerations and civil society are both major issues in the current debate about the implementation of EU development policy. This volume provides a new perspective and focus on the increasingly important issues of gender equality, democracy and participation to explain how they impact on policy

"Gender considerations and civil society are both major issues in the current debate about the implementation of EU development policy. This volume provides a new perspective and focus on the increasingly important issues of gender equality, democracy and participation to explain how they impact on policy. This book will appeal to those interested in the European Union, in EU external relations, gender issues, civil society, and development."--Provided by publisher.

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The EU's Normative and Geopolitical Challenges -- Two Key Questions Regarding EU Development Policies -- An EU Development Policy Primer -- Chapter Preview -- References -- Chapter 2: Energy, Climate Change and EU Development Policy -- The Nexus Between Sustainable Development, Energy and Climate Change -- Establishing Sustainable Development as Core Principle of EU Development Policies -- Taking Action: The EU Energy Initiative as Fundament of European Sustainable Energy Aid -- A Changing Tone in Light of Geopolitical Challenges and Crises -- A Growing Sense of Self-Interest in EU Energy Aid and Climate Change Mitigation? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Theorizing the EU's International Promotion of LGBTI Rights Policies in the Global South -- Introduction -- EU-Internal Constraints When Promoting LGBTI Rights -- An EU-led Promotion of International LGBTI Rights Norms or Conditions? -- The (Dis)advantage of Using Different Venues -- Political Strategies and Their Challenges -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Biodiversity for Life (B4L) Flagship Initiative: The EU, Africa, and Biodiversity Conservation -- Normative Power in a Postcolonial Setting -- Historical Trajectories of Conservation in Africa -- Biodiversity for Life (B4L) in the Development and Cooperation Context -- Biodiversity for Life (B4L): A Flagship Initiative -- Neoliberal Conservation and EU Development Policy -- Securitized Conservation and EU Development Policy -- The Case of Virunga National Park -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: European Involvement in China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Geopolitical Pragmatism or Normative Engagement? -- A Brief Chronology of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.