The European Union and the Third World / Martin Holland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holland, Martin, 1954-

Series:

European Union series (Palgrave (Firm))

The European Union series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

European Union countries--Foreign economic relations--Developing countries.

European Union countries.

Developing countries.

Developing countries--Foreign economic relations--European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

This text provides a broad-ranging analysis of the EU's relations with the developing world today set in the context of the policy, debates, and changes of the 1990s and the EU's historical ties to the Third World. Covering the whole range of the EU's relations with developing states including the Cotonou Agreement and the 'Everything but Arms' Regulation, the book assesses the likely evolution of trading regimes and the scope and limits of opportunities for fostering economic progress and good governance.

Contents:

Introduction: Setting the Context 1

Where is the Developing World? 3

1 Four Decades of African, Caribbean and Pacific Relations 25

The Yaounde Conventions 27

The Lome Conventions: I and II (1976-85) 32

Lome III and IV 40

Institution-building: From Lome to Cotonou 49

2 Latin America and Asia 52

Latin America 52

Asia: Beginning a Dialogue 59

The Trade Dimension: ASEM I, II, III 64

Future Challenges 74

The Aid Dimension 78

3 Decision-making and Reforming Institutional Structures 85

The Structure of the Santer Commission, 1995-9 85

The 2000 Administrative Reforms 89

ECHO: The European Community Humanitarian Office 100

4 Complementarity and Conditionality: Evaluating Good Governance 113

Complementarity 114

Conditionality: Good Governance, Democracy, Human Rights and Rule of Law 119

Economic Conditionality: Liberalization, Structural Adjustment and Debt 125

Implementing Conditionality 132

5 Regimes, Trade and Trading Relations 140

EU Trade Policy 140

Trade 147

Financial Resources 151

Other Trading Regimes 153

6 The 1996-2000 Reform Process 167

The Rationale for Reform 169

The Green Paper and the New Agenda 173

The Post-Lome Alternatives 174

The Commission Guidelines and Policy Transition 177

The Council Negotiating Mandate 186

Unequal Partners: The Negotiating Process 189

7 The Cotonou Partnership Agreement 196

Objectives, Principles and Institutional Structure 199

Political Dialogue and Conditionality 201

Financing and the EDF 205

Innovations 208

Towards Differentiation under the ACP Umbrella 212

8 Future Challenges: Implementing Cotonou and 'Everything but Arms' 220

Implementing Cotonou 220

'Everything but Arms' 225

Development and Integration Theory 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index.

ISBN:

033365904X

0333659058

OCLC:

48475244