Is Development Aid a Victim of the EU Budget Deal?

Summary:

The financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on member-states severely affected the Commission’s ambitious proposals to increase the EU’s external action budget. But the proposed reform of EU aid is not only about the numbers. If the EU is to be a more efficient and coherent international actor, it needs to improve the management of its external expenditure. This insight looks at what the reform of the EU’s development policy means for its global ambitions, and how to make the most of it.

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ESO Records

EPRS Briefing, November 2019: EU support for fighting global poverty: Implementing UN SDG 1 – ‘Ending poverty’ https://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-support-for-fighting-global-poverty-implementing-un-sdg-1-ending-poverty/

High-Level Group of Wise Persons on the European Financial Architecture for Development, October 2019: Europe in the World: The future of the European financial architecture for development https://www.europeansources.info/record/europe-in-the-world-the-future-of-the-european-financial-architecture-for-development/

Bertelsmann Foundation, Sept. 2018: Why and How There Should be More Europe in Development Policy https://www.europeansources.info/record/why-and-how-there-should-be-more-europe-in-development-policy/

Cardiff EDC: Negotiations relating to the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF 2021-2027) and the Recovery Plan for Europe https://www.europeansources.info/record/negotiations-relating-to-the-eus-multiannual-financial-framework-mff-2021-2027/

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