Trade, Poverty and the Environment: The Eu, Cotonou and the African-Caribbean-Pacific Bloc

ISBN-13: 9780230516786 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 204 str.

Adrian Flint

Opis

In 2000 the European Union and its 78 African-Caribbean-Pacific partners signed the Cotonou Agreement, thereby heralding a new era in developmental politics. In the Treaty the European Union set out its commitment to assist its African-Caribbean-Pacific partners 'on the objective of reducing and eventually eradicating poverty consistent with the objective of sustainable development and the gradual integration of the ACP countries into the world economy'. This book draws attention to limitations in the European Union's approach to implementing pro-poor, environmentally sustainable development amongst its African-Caribbean-Pacific partners. Accessible and comprehensive, this study will be of use to anyone with an interest in North-South relations, International Political Economy, Environmental Politics and Development Politics.

Spis treści

Introduction Sustainable Development The Rise of the Neoliberal Consensus The EU and the ACP: From Yaoundé to Cotonou EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements The 'Everything But Arms' Initiative Trade Policy, Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Conclusion

O autorze

ADRIAN FLINT is Teaching Fellow in the Politics Department at the University of Bristol, UK. Originally from South Africa, he has also taught at Rhodes University, the University of Dundee and the University of St Andrews.