The Dutch people have spoken and this is the context in which the Netherlands Africa Strategy 2023-2032 will have to be implemented for the next few years. Check out the analysis of a leading Dutch development scholar on the perspective for Dutch development cooperation. But how do African thinkers see this? What does Africa expect from NL? How can we connect Dutch needs and interests with those of the people(s) of Africa? How can we (with more limited means) build a shared future?
The Netherlands: a bleak perspective for Development Cooperation In an EADI European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes blog (see: https://lnkd.in/eSUz6FwV), I analyse the perspective for development cooperation in the Netherlands under the country's most right-leaning government ever. Unsurprisingly, that perspective is bleak. Earlier blogs also discussed Germany, Sweden, Austria and the UK. Check them out, but brace yourself: they are not a cheerful read.
Dr. Melle Leenstra where there is a will there is a way, but for now my will is waiting the clarity of when the ministers (if OS will even have one?) are named, and they make their plans. I think there is still will and collaboration to be found in the food systems space, which includes water, but there too, when it comes to finding practical answers to your questions, at the moment, I have none.
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