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Europe’ history was always closely connected with external expansion, exploitation and dominance. With the recent wave of globalisation and the new stage of economic and political in Europe new opportunities arise. Will Europe become a fortress and a new super power or a real development partner of the rest of the world? World Economy & Development In Brief observes carefully the political and economic relations of Europe towards ‘outside’.

	Alternative Economists for Another Europe. EuroMemorandum 2007 published (WDEV documents)
	EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon: The Day after... Prepared for real change? (Paul Engel/Marie-Laure de Bergh)
	The EU Presidency Outlook for Development: German leadership heads south to Portugal (Denise Auclair)
	Development NGOs Prepare for Poruguese Presidency (WDEV)
	From Finland to Germany: The EU Presidency Outlook for Development (Denise Auclair)
	Alternatives to Neo-liberal Transformation: 50 years after the Treaty of Rome (Euro-Memorandum Group)
	EU: The New Financial Instrument for Development. Real improvements but some silutions (Florent Sebban)
	Helsinki Meeting on EU Policy Coherence. All policies must fight against poverty (Final Declaration)
	The EU's Good Governance Agenda in Development (Denise Auclair)
	Fair Trade and Development: The EU's Non-Agenda (Michael Schmitt)
	How European Governments are Inflating Aid Figures (Alex Wilks/Hetty Kovach)
	The European Development Outlook: From Presidency to Presidency (Denise Auclair)
	The European View: How to Reform the IMF? How Much Weight for Europe? (Rainer Falk)
	The Unfinished Enlargement: Eastern Europe in Development Co-operation (Sabine Rehbichler)
	Global Structural Policy for Development? The European Union's Strategy on Africa Examined (Klaus Schilder)
	EU Council Meeting: More, and More Effective Aid. Time for Delivery in Luxembourg (Denise Auclair)
	EU Spring Summit: Which Development for Europe? NGOs and trade unions critical of Lisbon Strategy (Rainer Falk)
	Goodbye UK, Hello Austria: EU Presidency Outlook. Less glamour but more responsibility (Denise Auclair)
	The European View: Fair Trade? The EU's Real Deficit (Frithjof Schmidt, MEP)
	Alternative Economists Against European Minimalism. Euromemorandum proposes new integration strategy
	Europe: After the Debacle, Before the Storm (Norman Birnbaum)

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G20: Wrong forum for development + German aid under Niebel + London contra FTT + Food speculation: How it works
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G20: The wrong forum for development policy
While the G20 efforts to manage global aggregate demand, exchange rate management and stronger regulation of the international financial sector have not worked out quite as planned, in Cannes the Group was further solidifying its role in directing the system of multilateral institutions.
Reality of German aid is changing under Niebel
In November 2011, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is celebrating its 50th anniversary.The new Minister, Dirk Niebel of the (neo)-liberal FDP has launched a 'radical change of course'. In the recent edition of the Reality of Aid shadow report the change is analyzed.