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...

This study has evaluated the General and Sector Budget Support operations undertaken in Tanzania from 2005/06 to 2011/12. These operations amount to a resource transfer of almost US$5,000 million - an annual average disbursement of US$ 694 million, some $16 per annum per head of the Tanzanian...

Ce rapport présente les résultats de l‟évaluation de la stratégie de coopération de la Commission Européenne avec la Tunisie entre 1995 et 2008. Les objectifs sont, d‟une part, de fournir aux services de la CE ainsi qu‟aux partenaires concernés une appréciation globale et...

This report presents the results of the evaluation of the European Union’s cooperation strategy in Burkina Faso between 1999 and 2008. The main objectives of the evaluation are to provide the EU departments concerned and the general public with a global and independent appraisal of past and...

In 2006 the external net borrowing requirement of the Spanish economy was almost 8% of GDP, after having been in balance between 1993 and 1998. This increased borrowing requirement is the financial mirror image of a growth model, in which corporate and households' investments are generating an...

One feature of the global economy in recent years has been the increasing number and importance of new investment funds (private equity (PE), hedge funds (HFs), and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs)), which are sometimes referred to as alternative investment funds (AIFs). This increase has...

This report examines whether investment funds – in particular, private equity, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds – help to revive underperforming companies and thereby contribute to employment growth or whether, on the contrary, they strive to maximise financial returns at the expense...