COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPMENT

In Commitment to Development, the Danish Government presents its development policy priorities for 2007-2011. The plan expresses the Government’s long-term commitment to supporting poor developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty. Focus is on Africa, where the challenges for a better future are greatest.

Commitment to Development is based on the Government platform from February 2005 and further develops the development policy stance that the Government has pursued in the preceding years.

The Danish Government will assign particular priority to three areas in 2007:

- Good governance - which is a prerequisite for progress
- Women – who are a driving force for development
- The fight against HIV/AIDS – which threatens entire societies and where development interventions are highly cost-effective.