Other policy documents

New and older policy documents from MS. Use left menu to see focus area policy documents.

Democracy

Guidelines for Implementation of the Democracy Focus in MSiS (pdf, 2006)
Implementation of MS's democracy focus including building local democracy, anti-corruption, conflict management, land rights and trade justice.

Development assistance

Real Aid - Ending Aid Dependency (pdf, september 2011)
Partnership Against Poverty (pdf, September 2005)
Solidarity through Partnership (pdf, April 2001)
Central policy documents on poverty eradication and partnerships.
ActionAid – Action on Rights: Human Rights Based Approach Resource Book (pdf, December 2010)

Governance

MS's Governance and Democracy Approach (word, December 2008)
About MS's approach to governance and democracy.

AAI Governance Strategic Plan 2006-2010 (pdf, 2006)
Strategy paper from ActionAid Intenational about democracy and goverance.

Globalisation, economy and development (pdf, 2008)

Fruits of the crisis (October 2009, word)
Report from ActionAid and Third World Network about financing via IMF's socalled Special Drawing Rights.

Doing a decent job? IMF policies and decent work in times of crisis (October 2009, pdf)
Report from Eurodad, Solidar and Global Network about IMF's macroeconomic conditions for loans to developing countries, undermining the state's role as a social safety net.

IMF financial package for low-income countries: Much ado about nothing? (August 2009, pdf)
Report from Actionaid, Eurodad, Third World Network and Bretton Woods project about IMF's special financial package for low-income countries.

Breaking the Curse on mining in Africa (pdf, 2009)
Report from ActionAid focusing on mining companies' absent tax payment in seven African countries.

Hole in the pocket (pdf, 2008)
Report from ActionAid on big companies' tax avoidance, making poor countries lose more than they get in development assistance.

Where does it hurt? The impact of the financial crisis on developing countries (pdf, 2009)
Report from ActionAid, showing that African countries lose up to 50% because of the financial crisis.
NGO Forum Note On The Danish Africa Commission (pdf, May 2009)
MS's and 11 other NGOs' joint comments to the recommendations from the Africa Commission.

Aidwatch Report 2009 (pdf, May 2009)
Report on development assistance.

Climate policy 
See independent page with documents about climate policy.

Gender equality

Policy on Gender Equality (pdf, September 2007)
Policy paper on gender equaliy rergarding both MS's development assistance and corporate policies.

Technical assistance and the face-to-face encounter

People for Change strategy Paper (pdf, Danish, November 2008)
Strategy paper on MS's use of technical assistance and the face-to-face encounter in the future.

MS Policy Paper on Intercultural Co-operation (pdf, March 2004)
Policy Paper from 2004 on intercultural co-operation.

See also evaluations and debate about technical assistance (mostly in Danish) 

Members and volunteers

MS's strategy regarding members abnd voluntary workers (pdf, Danish, December 2007)
Goals and guidelines for MS's cooperation with members and voluntary workers.

Information and communication technology

Access for the Poor (pdf, January 2004)
Strategy for the use of med information and communication technology as part of the development assistance.

Access for the poor: Bridging the digital divide (word, 2001)
Discussion paper on development of an ICT strategy

Ethnic minorities

Citizenship in a multi-cultural society (pdf, Danish, October 2003)
Policy paper on MS's previous work regarding ethnic minorities in Denmark.

Older policy papers