Local Governance and Poverty in Developing Nations

12  Economic Governance throughPrivate and Public Sector

Maarten Brouwer and Sabine Blokhuis

12.1 INTRODUCTION

Table 12.1 ODA Expenditures of the Netherlands Per Category in 2010

ODA expenditures of the Netherlands (euro)	2010
International justice	43 million
Stability, good governance and humanitarian aid	673 million
European cooperation	461 million
Poverty reduction and growth strategies	1,180 million
Social development	1,609 million
Improved environment	347 million
Care of asylum seekers from developing countries	258 million
Other	307 million
Total (0.8 percent of GDP):	4,877 million

Source: MoFA 2011 (2011:28).

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