Country strategy for development cooperation Namibia
January 2004 – December 2008
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COUNTRY STRATEGY
FOR SWEDISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION WITH NAMIBIA: 2004–2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ...... 3
2 COUNTRY ANALYSIS — SUMMARY...... 4 2.1 POVERTY IN NAMIBIA ...... 4 2.2 THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS...... 5 2.3 SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT...... 6 2.4 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ...... 7 2.5 THE REGIONAL CONTEXT ...... 8
3 PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS...... 10 3.1 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ...... 10 3.2 SECTOR-SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS...... 10
4 NAMIBIA’S DEVELOPMENT POLICY...... 13
5 STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS ...... 16 5.1 THE TASK OF THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT...... 16 5.2 PRIORITIES...... 16 5.3 DIALOGUE WITH COOPERATION PARTNERS ...... 17 5.4 PRINCIPLES FOR PHASING OUT SWEDISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ...... 18
6 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION GOALS 2004-2008 ...... 19
7 AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION 2004–2008 ...... 20 7.1 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE ...... 20 7.2 EDUCATION ...... 20 7.3 HIV/AIDS...... 21 7.4 MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ...... 22 7.5 ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ...... 22 7.6 TRANSPORT ...... 22
8 THE TRANSITION TO BROADER-BASED COOPERATION...... 24 8.1 OUTLOOK ...... 24 8.2 TRADE ...... 25 8.3 DIRECT INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION...... 26 8.4 REGIONAL COOPERATION ...... 27 8.5 COOPERATION WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ...... 27 8.6 INTERNATIONAL COURSES ...... 27
9 FOLLOW-UP ...... 28
10 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS...... 29
2 1 INTRODUCTION The Swedish government has tasked the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to draw up a proposal for a country strategy for continued development cooperation with Namibia for the period 2004–2008. The phasing out of donor assistance by 2008 and the transition to other modes of cooperation will form the basis of all future strategic cooperation. Sida has therefore been additionally instructed to propose ways in which bilateral development cooperation can be phased out without undermining previous undertakings, to recommend areas suitable for other forms of cooperation and to suggest possible funding approaches.
The present country strategy proposal thus comprises three main sections: