The mandate for this study was to undertake an evaluation of EU external action as managed by three DGs: DG RELEX, DG DEV and DG AIDCO. The Terms of Reference identified two main objectives (ToR, Feb 2010, Section 1 – reproduced in Annex 1): · To provide an overall independent assessment of...

The worldwide banking system is at the heart of the greatest economic crisis for at least 70 years. The crisis has strongly affected a sector that had already experienced significant changes in the preceding 30 years. Structural changes in the world economy, caused by globalisation processes and...

With very low unemployment, a large and stable current account surplus, low government debt and a budget in surplus, the Dutch economy was assessed initially to be relatively well prepared to weather the financial and economic crisis. In 2008, however, the negative effects of the financial...

Under the framework of the Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), this report, commissioned by the European Commission, presents an analysis of the impacts of the EU biofuel policies on developing countries with the aim of strengthening its knowledge on the consequences of an increased biofuels...

This “Evaluation of the implementation of the African Peace Facility (APF) as an instrument supporting African efforts to manage conflicts on the continent” covers the period 2014-2016 and two of the three areas supported by the APF, i.e. support to African-led Peace Support Operations...