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Chapter 4 is dedicated to the study of multilateral EU engagement with China on Africa. Based on the particular case of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), the chapter focuses on the EU’s efforts to involve China in two multilateral development initiatives: the China-DAC Study Group and the Busan Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.
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These include European founding countries of the OEEC, the USA and Canada.
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Current OECD member states include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the USA.
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Out of the 34 OECD members, 21 belong to the EU: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
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The two exceptions concern the vote in the formal adoption of acts of the OECD and the contribution to the general budget of the OECD. Unlike the UN and the World Bank, the EU does not contribute to the budget of the OECD. The EU does, however, provide financial support to a number of specific OECD programmes and projects, through non-compulsory budget contributions.
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South Africa is one of the few exceptions as it also acts as a donor of aid to other African countries.
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DAC members are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zeeland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. Korea is the last member that joined the DAC in 2010.
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EU member states belonging to the DAC are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
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The Policy Division (POL), the Aid Quality and Architecture Division (AQuA), The REED and the STAT.
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OECD peer reviews are soft-law mechanisms, which were developed by the OECD’s predecessor, the OEEC, as a tool to allocate funds under the Marshall Plan.
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The NDB is also referred to as the BRICS Development Bank.
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Special Session with Non-DAC Providers of Development Assistance of the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, Paris, 27 November 2007.
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Initially, the UK, Nigeria and Indonesia acted as role of co-chairs. They were followed by The Netherlands, Malawi and Mexico.
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The EU’s membership in the DAC is based on the European Development Fund (EDF), which is solely managed by the European Commission and runs in parallel to the aid programmes of individual EU member states (see Chapter ).
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The same applies for the EU delegation to the UN in New York.
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Stahl, A.K. (2018). The Multilateral EU-China Dialogue on Africa within the OECD. In: EU-China-Africa Trilateral Relations in a Multipolar World. The European Union in International Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58702-2_4
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