Evolution of EU's development policies

Abstract

Globalisation process hasn’t been that generous in the allocation of richness gained while it is continuing to accumulate capital with an increasing speed. While the gap between poor and rich is getting larger, problems of developing countries and the politics of development are becoming much more important. European Union, itself a model of development, has a great role during all these processes. As the biggest offical aid donor and trading block of the world, the analysis of European Union’s development policies constitutes itself a necessity for profound comprehension of development policies future. In this context an analysis of factors effecting European Union’s development policies has been made in the first part. The evaluations are made in the context of the end of Cold War and Globalisation while analysing the member states influence and enlargements of Union. In the second part, in the concern of an integral study the international organisations working in the field of Development and their relations with the European Union has been studied. In the third and the last part, the last situation in the European Development Policy and its contribution to reach Millenium Development Goals has been demonsrated in the context of agreements made by African, Caribbean and Pacific countries