Lightfoot, S orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-8108, Mawdsley, E and Szent‐Iványi, B (2017) Brexit and UK International Development Policy. Political Quarterly, 88 (3). pp. 517-524. ISSN 0032-3179
Abstract
In this article we explore the implications of Brexit for the UK and the EU's development policies and strategic directions, focusing on the former. While it is likely that the operational process of disentangling the UK from the various development institutions of the EU will be relatively straightforward, the choices that lie ahead about whether and how to cooperate thereafter are more complex. Aid and development policy touches on a wide range of interests—security, trade, climate change, migration, gender rights, and so on. We argue that Brexit will accelerate existing trends within UK development policy, notably towards the growing priority of private sector‐led economic growth strategies and blended finance tools. There are strong signals that UK aid will be cut, as successive secretaries of state appear unable to persuade a substantial section of the public and media that UK aid and development policy serves UK interests in a variety of ways.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Authors 2017. The Political Quarterly © The Political Quarterly Publishing Co. Ltd. 2017 Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Lightfoot, S. , Mawdsley, E. and Szent‐Iványi, B. (2017), Brexit and UK International Development Policy. The Political Quarterly, 88: 517-524. doi:10.1111/1467-923X.12369, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12369. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | UK; EU; international development; foreign aid |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2018 10:12 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1467-923X.12369 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131714 |