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Book Chapter | 2023

Scandinavia’s choices of partner countries in Africa. Is the poverty criterion still dominant?

Anne Mette Kjær, Jan Pettersson and Elling Tjønneland (2023)
in Henrik Halkier and Hans Mouritzen (eds): Danish Foreign Policy Review 2023. Copenhagen: Danish Institute of International Affairs pp. 116-146
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https://https://www.diis.dk/en/research/danish-foreign-policy-review-2023

The article analyses the evolving changes and shifts in Scandinavian development to Africa with a focus on the role of African partners countries in official development assistance. It first address the literature on criteria for and purposes
of development aid and partner country choice. The artcle then outline each of the
three Scandinavian governments’ choices of partner country over time before
moving on to discussing and tentatively explaining the differences

Read more:
https://https://www.diis.dk/en/research/danish-foreign-policy-review-2023

Elling N. Tjønneland

Senior Researcher
  • elling.tjonneland@cmi.no
  • +47 92238856
  • Scandinavia
  • Africa
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
  • Development aid
  • Official development assistance and partner countries

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