Development policy The view from the developed world :

Development policy

The view from the developed world:

The main objective of Community development policy must be to reduce and, eventually, to eradicate poverty. This objective entails support for sustainable economic and social and environmental development, promotion of the gradual integration of the developing countries into the world economy and a determination to combat inequality.

Source:The European Community's Development Policy - Statement by the Council and the Commission

Poverty is defined not simply as the lack of income and financial resources but also as encompassing the notion of vulnerability and such factors as no access to adequate food supplies, education and health, natural resources and drinking water, land, employment and credit facilities, information and political involvement, services and infrastructure.

Development policy

The view from the developed world:

The developing countries are partners with their own strategies; this is the key to the success of development policies.

Source:The European Community's Development Policy - Statement by the Council and the Commission

Human Development IndexColoured world map indicating Human Development Index (as of 2003)

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The UN Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure ofpoverty, literacy, education, life expectancy, childbirth, and other factors for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used by many people to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or under developed country. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, and has been used since 1993 by the United Nations Development Programme in its annual Human Development Report.The HDI measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development:•A long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth. •Knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weight) and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrolment ratio (with one-third weight). •A decent standard of living, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP) in USD. Each year, UN member states are listed and ranked according to these measures.

Official Aid Assistance (ODA)

UN target – 0.7 of GrossNationalInco

me (= GNI comprises the total

value of goods and services produced within a country (i.e. its Gross Domestic Product), together with its income received from other countries (notably interest and dividends), less similar payments made to other countries)

Total amount in 2005: 106.500.000.000 $

= 0.33% of combined GNI

of 22 DAC member states

DAC member states:

Australia, Belgium, Daemark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Irland, Italy, Japan, Canada, Luxemburg, New sealand, Nietherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Swiss, Spain, UK, USA.


Share of World- GNI


in % of GNI

2004


Germany


Germany:

the different fields of assistance






These charts (2003-2004) show for each of the following DAC Members and Total DAC: Net ODA/OA, Breakdown of bilateral ODA by income group and by region, Top ten recipients of bilateral ODA/OA, and Bilateral ODA by sector:

http://www.oecd.org/countrylist/0,2578,en_2649_34447_1783495_1_1_1_1,00.html#u

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