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AbstractThis paper reviews the EU's development policy in relation to the Pacific members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group (ACP). It considers the particular characteristics and challenges faced by these island economies before turning to their trade relations with the EU and the Community's aid programme. It considers both the regional assistance programme and the particular experience of Fiji, the largest economy of the South Pacific. Finally, it attempts to draw some more general conclusions as to the effectiveness of EU aid administration and to identify those issues that remain to be addressed including monitoring, performance criteria, deconcentration and policy coherence. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This article reviews the current state of the EU's development policy reform agenda. It suggests that the extension of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) to this area of EU activity would offer significant advantages. It reviews the EU's experience with the OMC, identifies the strengths and weaknesses of this process and examines how it might relate to the current formulation and implementation of development policy.

This paper reviews Namibia's Country Strategy Paper and assesses how far it has responded to a previous evaluation of the EU's aid programme in the country and the new focus of overall EU development policy. It then places this CSP in the context of the overall EU country strategy process and the forthcoming mid-term review.

This paper reviews the EC's Bolivian Country Strategy Paper and assesses it in the light of previous evaluations of the EC's aid programme in the country and the EU's overall development objectives. As this paper draws heavily upon the Bolivian Poverty Reduction Strategy it begins with a review of this document and recent critical assessments of its implementation.

Reviews the attempts to introduce greater exchange rate stability into the European Union, culminating in the 1992 crisis in the Exchange Rate Mechanism, and the UK's withdrawal. Outlines the Maastricht Treaty proposals for monetary union by 1999. Finally, reviews the arguments for and against UK adoption of the single currency, drawing, where possible, on the limited empirical evidence.

Reviews the development of EU regulation of its airline industry. From a
highly regulated regime the EU has slowly moved towards liberalization,
culminating in the creation of an open competitive market from 1993.
Influenced as much by the US example as by the needs of the single
European market, discusses the structural changes likely to take place
in the industry in the next few years, and the problems this may present
to the Commission in controlling non‐competitive practices.