This independent evaluation accesses the cooperation strategy of the European Union with Nepal for the period 2014-2021. The evaluation covered the following sectors: i) sustainable rural development, including nutrition, ii) education including Technical and Vocational Education Training...

his evaluation is simultaneously a final and mid-term exercise. It is the final evaluation of the External Financing Instruments (EFIs) forming the basis for the European Union (EU) external cooperation under the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) covering the period 2014-2020 as well as the...

The reform of public pension systems and, more generally, the review of old-age income support are on the reform agenda worldwide. The reform discussion is more intense in countries where population aging is well advanced, including the member countries of the Organization for Economic...

French presidential elections 2022 have significantly strengthened anti-EU populists. Traditional mainstream centrists are not among the big three election winners, while far-right Marine Le Pen deftly addressed the plight of the disengaged. The country’s rural-urban divide masks significant...