International Development - Fourth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 21 May 1998.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1
INTRODUCTION	2
What is the Lomé Convention?	2
AID	11
Differentiation among ACP countries in the Provision of Aid	11
Flexibility and Tranching of Aid	13
Stabex and Sysmin	17
The DAC Targets	20
Decentralisation of Lomé Aid	22
Staffing	26
'Budgetisation'	29
Gender	33
Coordination of Aid and Sectoral Support	37
Conditionality	46
Evaluation and Reporting	48
TRADE	52
How effective have Lomé preferences been?	54
The proposals of the European Commission	69
Discussion of Commission trade proposals	76
i WTO compatibility	76
ii The impact of trade liberalisation on the ACP	83
iii Access to the EU market and CAP reform	90
iv Regional capacity	95
v Trade diversion	97
vi The GSP alternative	98
For how long should any WTO waiver last after the year 2000?	108
The Least Developed Countries	112
Rules of Origin	115
Trade Development	118
The Four Protocols and Vulnerable States	125
POLITICAL COOPERATION	139
Human Rights	142
Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict Reconstruction	146
The ACP-EU Council of Ministers and the Joint Assembly	150
Complaints Mechanism and Annual Report	152
CONCLUSION	157

SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

ANNEX

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF THOSE THE COMMITTEE MET IN BRUSSELS

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF DOCUMENTS RECEIVED AS EVIDENCE BUT NOT PRINTED

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE (published as Volume II)

Thursday, 20 November 1997
Tuesday, 9 December 1997
Wednesday, 21 January 1998
Tuesday, 27 January 1998 (am)
Tuesday, 27 January 1998 (pm)
Tuesday, 3 February 1998
Tuesday, 10 February 1998
Tuesday, 12 February 1998

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Prepared 2 June 1998