The European Union and its Member States signed today the EU’s new overarching development policy, aiming to tackle climate change, migration and security problems. The jointly developed strategy, in the form of a Joint Statement, was signed today during the annual two-day European Development Days by Parliament President Antonio Tajani, the Prime Minister of Malta, … Read more
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
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
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
Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Context The Micro Projects Programme II Suriname operated between 1999 and 2005 with financing of about five million euro from the eighth European Development Fund, following an earlier government run micro projects programme considered less suited to mobilize civil society. The programme sought to address persistent poverty, social … Read more
Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Final Evaluation of the Guyana Training Agency Programme (GTA), Guyana Context The Guyana Training Agency Programme was conceived against a backdrop of national skills shortages, weak technical and vocational education and training systems, and high levels of emigration of skilled workers from Guyana. The development challenge centred on … Read more
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
