The objective of this evaluation is to assess the extent to which budget support has contributed to achieving its expected results by helping the Government of Ghana (GoG) to strengthen the implementation of its national and sectoral strategies. The study covers all operations with disbursements...

The objective of this evaluation is to help the European Commission improve the impact of EIDHR support for torture prevention and rehabilitation centres. The evaluation focuses on the projects’ relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability and provides lessons and...

These guidelines constitute an update to the 2012 DG DEVCO guidelines and the 2014 DG Enlargement sector bud-get support guidelines and merge both into one document. The purpose of these guidelines is, first, to contribute to improving the quality of EU budget support contracts by providing...

Budget support is central to the international cooperation policy of the European Union. It provides a platform for policy dialogue with partner countries. It contributes to strengthening country systems and budget processes to deliver these policies. It offers additional fiscal space to...

This evaluation of the EU’s cooperation with the Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean region (EA-SA-IO) aims to: - Provide an overall and independent assessmentof the past and current cooperation. - Identify lessons learned and make recommendations to inform current and future...

The authors of this report are Alina Rocha Menocal (ODI), Maria Teresa Albareda and Carlos Eduardo Aramburú (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú), Geoff Handley (ODI) and Sue Graves (ODI). The authors wish to thank Andrew Lawson and in particular Sven Grimm (German Development Institute,...

This evaluation commissioned by the European Commission aims at providing an overall independent assessment of its external cooperation with partner countries through the organisations of the UN family. It covers the partnership between the Commission and the UN to the extent of the...