Does aid contribute to development? If so, under what conditions and to what extent? These questions are as old as the field of development policy itself and they have been controversially discussed among researchers and policymakers ever since. Yet, two main trends put questions related to aid...

The main objectives of this evaluation is to provide an overall independent and accountable assessment of the European Commission’s cooperation relations with Thailand during the 1997-2007 period, to identify lessons learnt from past cooperation and thus to assist the implementation of the...

The overall purpose of this evaluation is to ensure accountability for the use of allocated resources as well as to promote a lesson-learning culture in European Commission (EC) development cooperation. The main specific objectives of the evaluation were: •to provide the relevant external...