The European Union and Developing Countries

CAROL COSGROVE-SACKS is Director of the Trade Division in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva and a Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. She is an experienced and respected trade development economist, a professor, entrepreneur and manager. Previously she has taught at the universities of Basel, Reading, Aberdeen, Surrey, and Tufts (London and Boston, USA). She is also the author/editor of 11 books and over 70 articles, mainly on international relations and trade development issues. She has served on the executive boards of the Central Statistical Office (UK), the Management Centre Europe (Brussels), and the Institute of Development Studies (UK). As Director of the Trade Division of the UNE/ECE her principal professional priority is to support the integration of the transition economies into European and global markets.

This book examines the ways in which EU policies towards developing countries are changing in response to the new challenges of globalization and the end of the Cold War. It analyses the patchwork of relationships between the fifteen Member States and more than 140 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean.

Authoritative guide to EU development policyAnalyses relationships between the fifteen member states and more than 140 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the MediterraneanForeword by Jacques DelorsMultidisciplinary approach

Foreword; J.Delors Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors PART ONE: FORCES SHAPING EU DEVELOPMENT POLICY An Introduction to EU Development Cooperation; C.Cosgrove-Sacks The Role of the European Commission; B.Claes The Role of the European Court of Justice; J.Larsson France and EU Development Cooperation; J.Rajoharison The United Kingdom and EU Aid; P.Tod Mediterranean Influence on EU Policy; A.Oddone Nordic Approaches to EU Development Policy; A.Amorsson PART TWO: THE LOME CONVENTION: THE EU AND THE AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES (ACP) EU-ACP Relations in the Mid 1990s; G.Scappucci The Record of the Trade Provisions; K.Radtke The European Development Fund; E.Giaufret The European Investment Bank; A.De Castro South Africa and Lome; C.Haupert ECHO: Humanitarian Aid; E.Ascroft PART THREE: THE MEDITERRANEAN CHALLENGE A Review of the Barcelona Conference and a Summary of EU Policy Objectives; F.J.Raya Turkey, Cyprus, Malta: Potential EU Members?; M.P.Pace Israel and the EU; A.Kosnikowski PART FOUR: THE PERIPHERY: EU COOPERATION WITH ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA EC Investment Partners Programme; S.Lamigeon EU-ASEAN Relations; M.Bonet India and the EU; J.Vandenborre EU-ANDEAN Relations; K.Kowald PART FIVE: COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS OF EU POLICY EU Trade Policy and Preferences; B.Atkinson EU Textiles Policy and Developing Countries; M.Lemaitre The EU and the World Trade Organisation; C.Costello Globalization and EU Relations with Developing Countries; C.Cosgrove-Sacks Index