Development Cooperation in the Czech Foreign Policy
Development Cooperation in the Czech Foreign Policy

Author(s): Ondřej Horký
Subject(s): Political history, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Czech Republic; foreign policy; development cooperation; Quality of Aid;
Summary/Abstract: To date there has been no academic yearbook on the Czech development cooperation, and this chapter on the ‘development dimension’ makes up a part of a book on the Czech foreign policy. Both of these facts are symptomatic of the relevance and characteristics of the ‘Foreign Development Cooperation’ of the Czech Republic. Firstly, the policy is considered as of little importance in the political and public spaces despite a substantial budget, compared to the other dimensions of foreign policy covered by this book. Secondly, the territorial and sectoral priorities of bilateral cooperation and the subsequent implementation by the Czech companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) make it a policy that is led rather by the domestic security and economic interests than by serious efforts to reduce poverty in the South.

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