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Recent Blogposts

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Where is UK Development Policy Headed Under the New Government?

Andy Sumner - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The headline is that the UK aid budget was cut by £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion). Despite the flags, it seems the Chancellor was unwilling or unable to provide additional funds to offset the billions of pounds of the UK’s aid budget spent on supporting refugees inside the UK. This makes her the first Labour chancellor to cut aid below levels of a prior Conservative government.
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Amidst Post-Colonial Continuities and Global Power Shifts: What Role for the IDOS Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation?

Simone Christ - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
How can international cooperation ensure social, political, and economic transformations to shape sustainable futures in the context of geopolitical tensions? One crucial approach is to equip young professionals with competencies needed to become transformative change makers. The recent overhaul of the IDOS postgraduate programme reflects also broader efforts to decolonise knowledge.
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Trading with the ‘Jungle’: The European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences

an Orbie, Antonio Salvador Alcazar III, Tinus Sioen - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The notions of ‘developing countries’ and ‘development cooperation’ have been waning in discourses by scholars, policymakers and civil society actors. At least rhetorically, the colonial and patronising nature of these notions has been recognised at the European Union (EU) level. For instance, the Development Commissioner has been rechristened as the ‘Commissioner of International Partnerships’ since 2019. In recent years, the EU has pursued plenty of ‘partnerships’ in areas such as climate, energy, trade and deforestation.
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