Trade Integration & Economic Policy

Evaluation Insights: Phytosanitary Capacity Development

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Evaluation Synthesis: STDF/PG/350 — Global Phytosanitary Manuals, Standard Operating Procedures and Training Kits Project Context Phytosanitary capacity is foundational to agricultural trade. Countries that lack documented regulatory procedures, trained inspection staff, and functioning plant health systems face higher trade costs, increased consignment rejections, and reduced market access. This … Read more

The European External Investment Plan to boost jobs and growth in developing countries

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The European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD) is the heart piece of the EU’s new External Investment Plan (EIP). Its role is to help boosting private and public investment in our partner countries to address some of the obstacles to growth and some root reasons for irregular migration. The EFSD Strategic Board includes the EU … Read more

EU-ASEAN Capacity Building Project for Monitoring Integration Progress and Statistics (COMPASS)

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Karsten Weitzenegger is in Jakarta, Indonesia in August 2017 to develop a tailored monitoring and evaluation system for the COMPASS project. He updates the COMPASS log frame and establishes a dynamic system of follow-up to ensure the indicators are true and relevant and enable a stronger reporting process of project’s outcomes and impacts and thus … Read more

Skills Initiative for Africa to create jobs and income opportunities for Africa’s youth

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Kick-start of new “Skills Initiative for Africa”, to create jobs and income opportunities for Africa’s youth The growing extent of youth unemployment poses a fundamental challenge for the whole of Africa. In total, around 60 percent of the unemployed are under the age of 25 and young women are especially affected. It is against this … Read more

Capacity Building for Cooperation in in North-East Asia

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GIZ Programme Support for Economic Cooperation in Sub-Regional Initiatives in Asia GIZ SCSI facilitates two Trainings for GTI in Beijing and Ulaanbaatar From September 22-23, SCSI hosted a training in Beijing to enhance the communication capacity for the Secretariat of the Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI). Participants that attended the workshop included GTI Secretariat staff, as … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Finland’s Aid for Trade 2012-2015

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming The external evaluation of Finland’s Aid for Trade Action Plan 2012-2015 brings clear implications for future trade related development policy and private sector instruments. It finds that Finland’s Aid for Trade portfolio is relevant and has produced results in several strong sectors, but that strategic guidance, coordination and … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Ghana Trade Related Assistance and Quality Enabling Programme

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming The TRAQUE programme in Ghana was a relevant and partially effective but operationally constrained Aid for Trade intervention that strengthened elements of national trade and quality systems, while falling short on more ambitious institutional reforms such as a national accreditation body and warehouse receipt system within the available … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Support to Regulatory Reform and Privatisation in Infrastructure in Jordan

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming The evaluation finds that the SRRP in Jordan substantially strengthened key regulatory institutions and the PPP framework, but achieved only partial results on competition, pricing, and pro poor impact, mainly because of weak political backing, limited coordination, and design flaws in governance and monitoring. Overall sustainability is mixed, … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Trainings on the ECOWAS Common External Tariff

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming The report evaluates a GIZ supported training program that helped ECOWAS customs administrations and freight forwarders implement the Common External Tariff and finds the intervention largely relevant, effective and supportive of CET rollout, but constrained by weak domestication, incomplete monitoring and limited strategic engagement beyond technical customs issues. … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Caribbean University Level Programme

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Context The Caribbean University Level Programme CULP was a regional higher education initiative funded under the sixth and seventh European Development Funds and implemented in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and the Dominican Republic. It responded to structural development challenges in the Caribbean, including small and vulnerable island … Read more