ABSTRACT
At the very end of 1995 the Government issued its white paper A Changing World: Main Points of Norwegian Policies on Developing Countries. The paper showed that the Government does not intend to follow up the new reform proposals which were launched by the North-South and Aid Commission appointed two years earlier. (See Reality of Aid 1995.) On the other hand the Government strongly reinforces some trends which it has been pursuing in the course of the last few years: development aid should be seen as only one part of an integrated foreign, trade and aid policy. In particular, it should provide a backstop for Norway’s engagement in the international promotion of peace, democracy and conflict resolution. At the same time the furthering of Norwegian export interests should go hand in hand with development aid.
