The European Union, represented by the European Commission, is the world’s biggest aid donor. The primary objective of EU development policy is the eradication of global poverty, which includes the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The current EU aid architecture builds...

The general accepted point of view is of lasting or viable or sustainable development, within which is monitored the interaction of four systems’ compatibility: economic, human, environmental and technological, so to assure the satisfaction of the present’s needs, without compromising the...