By development policy one understands a purposeful concept of western states or communities of states around the economical to overcome social and political deficits in developing countries, which originate from the European Kolonialisierung, and to create so bearable living conditions after western model. The development policy closes all means and measures, which pursue this goal, also.

In the development policy on three levels changes are aimed at, which affect each other mutually:

• Structural reforms in developing countries with the goals social justice, participation, release from suppression and exploitation as well as the implementation of the political and social human rights;
• Change of the world-economical basic conditions with the goal of overcoming the systematic disadvantage of the developing countries and of manufacturing their equal chances on the world market;
• Change of the interest LV, consciousness and consumer structures in the rich societies.

The reason for development policy lies both in the ethical-moral conceptions of western states and in the self-interest of the industrial nations in security and prosperity. Regarding the volume of national development expenditures the goal applies of reaching 0.7% of the BSP since the UN-resolution for the development financing of 1970. The ratio of Germany is with 0,28% (2003), is to be increased however up to the year 2006 on 0,33% (like 1997). The country with the world-wide highest ratio is Norway with 1% of the BSP (2006).

Linguistic usage

In former times common designation "development assistance" is not no more used officially. This term suggests that it acts with the assistance around alms of the industrialized countries to the developing countries. A modern development policy is limited not to one-sided assistance, but aimed at co-operation with the countries concerned. Therefore in the today's time also of "development co-operation" or "development partnership" one speaks.

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