What is development? The dispute over the meaning of this term is almost as old as development cooperation itself. Over the decades, the definition of development and, with it, the approaches used by development cooperation have been in a constant state of change. The new brochure ABC of Development Policy describes this process and explains important keywords.

 "ABC of Development Policy" (pdf, 872 Kb)

Publication: 2011
Number of pages: 52
Languages: de/fr/it/en 

 

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The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), part of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, publishes a wide range of documents on Swiss development cooperation and humanitarian aid.