http://dansmithsblog.com/2009/10/24/how-much-will-uk-development-policy-change-under-a-conservative-government/ Analysis & commentary on world issues Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dansmithsblog.com/2009/10/24/how-much-will-uk-development-policy-change-under-a-conservative-government/#comment-312 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:14:11 +0000 http://dansmithsblog.com/?p=593#comment-312 Thanks from me as well. I was struck in my time at the OECD that DFID was the bilateral that best fit two crucial criteria for a development agency, a hard head – the hardest in the business — and a soft heart. It would be a shame to confuse DFID’s soft heart – what you rightly refer to as its culture of commitment – with a soft head.

]]> http://dansmithsblog.com/2009/10/24/how-much-will-uk-development-policy-change-under-a-conservative-government/#comment-311 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:43:21 +0000 http://dansmithsblog.com/?p=593#comment-311 Thanks for an insightful analytical review of the Conservative Party’s Green Paper. It is comforting to read that the despite ideological divides the UK’s overall commitments to assisting developing countries to address their humanitarian and development challenges are likely to be maintained. Development requires even more political support than ever in view of the negative impacts of the global recession on the developed economies.

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