ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the EU as a bilateral donor, focusing in particular on the relations with a privileged group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP). It analyses the European Union (EU) as a multilateral donor, concentrating on the various new initiatives to improve the quality and quantity of foreign aid as well as the ambitious agenda on policy coherence for development. The chapter examines the complex system of governance that regulates EU development policy, in particular looking at the question of whether the EU is a leader or a follower in international development. It explores the role played by various actors and factors to better understanding the evolution of EU development policy. The chapter identifies several main phases. In the first phase, EU development policy was limited in both geographical and policy scopes, but was very progressive. In the second phase, EU development policy broadened both its geographical and policy scopes.
