This dissertation is about the succes of the EU NAVFOR Somalia - operation Atalanta. It goes deeper into the background of the pirates. It explains why they act as pirates. Further more it focusses on the first ever eu naval mission: operation Atalanta. It looks at the size, the structure, the mission …

Development aid is a sector that raises many discussions on whether it stimulates a developing country, or holds back economic progress. Most discussions are about bilateral aid, aid given from the government of a donor country, for example the Netherlands, to a government of a partner country, for example …

The European Union African Caribbean Pacific (EU-ACP) development cooperation has seen changes during the last fifty years. From the Treaty of Rome to the Cotonou Agreement, many policies have been implemented with the aim of promoting development in third world countries, and promoting trade between …

Development cooperation has a long history, but in the last decade a considerable change has become visible: many organisations are shifting from traditional service delivery to the poor to a new approach that includes more people in life changing processes and makes them a part of that change themselves. …

After 2001, nine years after the fall of the Taliban, women's socio-economic position in Afghanistan has hardly improved. To this day, women are subjected to many cruelties such as torture and rape. After the Taliban had been defeated in 2001, the total amount of development assistance by the international …

Development is a process of improvement in which many different factors play a role. In order to measure development different indicators can be used, such as the Human Development Index and the Millennium Development Goals. When talking about developing countries, aid is a factor that might come to …

The past century has been a century characterized by human suffering and conflict. The establishment of the United Nations in the aftermath of World War II has brought the pressing issue of human rights to the attention of the international world. However, the UN’s reluctance to act on occasions of …

This thesis is about Cameroonian women and their integration in their society. Nowadays, micro-credit is one of the most popular economic tool. This thesis tries to make an analyse of women rights and how it is respected in Cameroon, their social, economical and political roles. And what is micro-credit …

The transition from the Organization for African Unity (OAU) to the African Union (AU) was a consequence of the changing peace and security agenda of the Pan-African organization. The African leaders desired a continental peace and security architecture, which would be capable of preventing, managing …