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The 1997 and 2000 White PapersThe overall framework of DFID developmental policy is set out in the 1997 White Paper 'Eliminating World Poverty: A challenge for the 21st Century', and expanded upon by the 2000 White Paper 'Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor'. The 1997 White Paper commits the UK Government to focusing development co-operation on the elimination of world poverty, with a particular focus on a selected number of International Development Targets (or IDTs). These targets are drawn from a wide range of targets agreed at various UN conferences in the 1990s, and are brought together in the OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1996 publication 'Shaping the 21st Century: The contribution of development co-operation'. The 2000 White Paper refined and further developed our approach to development issues, drew out lessons of experience to date, and made a careful analysis of the challenges and opportunities posed by globalisation. Different versions, both full and summary, of the 1997 and 2000 White Papers are available for reading or downloading on this site, or can be sent to you. Back to top |