SOME NEW TENDENCIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS 5 Contents Preface 7 Some new tendencies in the international cooperation of the Netherlands: An Introduction to Yearbook 2008 9 Paul Hoebink Forum Dutch Africa Policy 1998-2006: What for? 19 Leo de Haan Knowledge on the Move. The Dutch debate on research for development 27 Henk Molenaar Shooting Spaghetti: Neo-Conservative Criticism of Development Assistance in the Netherlands 39 Paul Hoebink Articles Geographical choices of Dutch NGOs: orthodoxies and realities 51 Dirk-Jan Koch and Bart Loman Going Dutch in Aid: How do Dutch co-financing agencies relate with Southern NGOs? 83 Udan Fernando Enterprise Development Interventions by Dutch Development NGOs: Is there increased involvement of private sector actors and does that make a difference? 105 Bert Helmsing & Peter Knorringa Linking, learning, and leaving: Dutch experiments promoting global citizen action 129 Veena Fox Parekh & Kees Biekart Assessing interventions and change among presumed beneficiaries of ‘development’: a toppled perspective on impact evaluation 145 Ton Dietz and Sjoerd Zanen