The paper examines the results of a cross section regression analysis against four hypotheses. The primary hypothesis concerned the effect of economic prosperity and growth on “willingness to assist”. The positive prosperity effect was unsurprisingly confirmed. In connection to the second...

This paper is an analysis of the foreign Aid Policies of two OECD Development Assistance Committee member countries – Finland and Ireland. The analysis reveals that both Finland and Ireland share high principles on their relations with the developing world, although their current policy...

The study analyses the financial framework of the European Union in 2014-2020 and the prospects of Finland in this framework. The study is structured according to budget headlines the most central of which are the natural resources (agriculture and rural development), cohesion (regional and...