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"The new global challenges require a new approach in the various policies, instruments and resources that the EU has to effectively combat poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. In its communication on ‘an Agenda for Change’, the European Commission announces significant changes to the EU position on development cooperation, which I consider welcome. It places particular emphasis on the quality of the assistance, by proposing greater selectivity when it comes to choosing partner countries, thus excluding emerging countries from the list of beneficiaries of Official Development Assistance (ODA), since their difficulty no longer lies in the creation of wealth but in its distribution. It also focuses on combining grants and loans and on promoting the role of the private sector. As regards this last aspect, I agree that, from a financial, administrative and social point of view, the setting up of microbusinesses and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries, in order to boost entrepreneurship and development of the private sector, is essential. I also support a clearer linkage between relief, rehabilitation and development, which can be achieved by means of sustained assistance through a combination of public-private partnerships and corporate social responsibility."@en1
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