The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the expression of the strong commitment to universal development and poverty eradication made by the International Community in the UN Millennium Declaration. They include halving world poverty and hunger by 2015, as well as reaching universal primary...

The European Union (EU) has commissioned ADE to conduct an independent evaluation of its cooperation with Lesotho between 2008-2013. The main objective is to provide the EU with information on the results of its engagement in Lesotho and the lessons to be learned to improve its current and...

This Report focuses on water, energy and land. It examines the constraints on each, the interrelationships between them and then considers how they can be managed together to promote growth in developing countries that is both socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable. A rising world...

The principal objective of the evaluation was to analyse the European Union’s (EU) cooperation through the European Commission (EC) with Djibouti for the period of 1996-2010, to highlight the impact of the implemented programmes and to permit the EC to account for the allocated funding. The...

This evaluation of Commission of the European Union‟s (EC) co-operation with the Dominican Republic was carried out in 2010 and 2011. The main objectives of the evaluation were provision of an independent assessment to EC and to the wider public of EC‟s past and current co-operation...

This study evaluates the comparative advantages of PPPs and PuPs in urban water services. Based on literature analysis and case studies, past performance of PPPs and PuPs is reviewed against several criteria. Lessons are then identified regarding the barriers and enablers which determine the...