Jan Willem Gunning is professor of development economics, VU University Amsterdam. This is an impressive, refreshing and radical report. It is impressive in its description of the current state of Dutch development aid: it minces no words in making clear that the status quo is unacceptable. Dutch aid is scattered over a large number of countries, lacks a thematic focus, is often more concerned with direct poverty alleviation than with long-term development, and is not professionally orga...   read more >>