A lot is said and written about foreign aid and international development assistance.Many people contend that national interests underlie most foreign policy frameworks and relations between states.This book attempts to give a different picture altogether;that there are other states that are driven to contribute to humanity and formulate their foreign policies in a way that captures the needs of other countries.Using Swedish international development policy the author argues that relations between Sweden and several developing countries in Africa and elsewhere is not necessarily guided by Swedish commercial interests but rather the genuine concern for global development.