This evaluation was commissioned by the Evaluation Unit of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development. It evaluates the European Union’s (EU) Joint Programming process during the period 2011-2015. It covers all regions and countries of EU...

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 EC development cooperation. The main specific objectives of the evaluation were: •to provide the relevant external co-operation services of...

Organic Agriculture (OA) is a production system based on an agro-ecosystem management approach that utilizes both traditional and scientific knowledge. OA offers developing countries a wide range of economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits. Global markets for certified organic...

In this paper we analyse the pass-through of a commodity price shock along the food price chain in the euro area. Unlike the existing literature, which mainly focuses on food commodity prices quoted in international markets, we use a novel database that accounts for the role of the Common...

This final report presents the outcome of the “Thematic evaluation of EC support to the health sector”. It was commissioned by the Evaluation Unit of DG DEVCO and implemented between January 2011 and May 2012. The evaluation provides an independent assessment of the European Commission’s...

This note is a supporting document for the "Conference on Agriculture and Enlargement" that will take place in Zagreb- Croatia (12- 13/6/2009), providing a comprehensive overview of the agricultural sector in Croatia and a short description of the reform of its agricultural policy towards EU...