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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9401
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development

EU keeps its development aid volume promises but work must continue - Turning words into action on trade aid and making aid effective

Brussels, 04/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - Following 2005 and 2006, two decisive years when new life was breathed into the EU's development policy, the time has come to translate political commitments to substantially increase the quantity and quality of European aid into actions, boosting trade aid to developing countries, particularly the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) states. The European Commission feels that 2007 will be a test year for demonstrating that these pledges have been...

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