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Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
2 EU aid instruments and organisations
EU aid instruments
European Development Fund
ODA through the European Commission Budget
The EU in the Multilateral Aid Review
Relations between the EU organisations with responsibility for development
3 Advantages and disadvantages of EU as a channel for development funding
Advantages:
Where the UK is not present
All EU Member States contribute to development
Predictable funding
Large projects
Addressing global challenges
Disadvantages
Relatively high administration costs
Distribution of administrative resources
Bureaucracy and procurement
Too much ODA to middle income countries
Conclusion
4 Commission Proposals: An Agenda for Change and Budget Support
Human rights, good governance and greater democracy - conditionality
Economic growth and the private sector
Policy coherence
Joint programming
Differentiated development partnerships
Budget support
5 Funding: Multi Annual Financing Framework
European Development Fund budgetisation
Development Cooperation Instrument
The 0.7% target
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of printed written evidence
List of additional written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and written evidence Tuesday 24 January 2012 Tuesday 7 February 2012 Tuesday 6 March 2012 Written evidence Unprinted additional written evidence
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Tuesday 6 March 2012
Written evidence
Unprinted additional written evidence