After receiving at least US$20 billion in aid for reconstruction and development over the past 60 years, Haiti has been and remains a fragile state, one of the worse globally. The reasons for aid failure are legion but mostly relate to highly dysfunctional Haitian regimes, sometimes destructive...

As a sovereign country, Mozambique initially relied on international solidarity and managed its donor relations well. Donor dependency entailed some loss of agency for the government as it allowed donors to challenge its capacity but never its authority. However, in the last decade, donor...

The European Union (EU) funds operations outside its borders (known as 'external actions') in response to international challenges and crises and in order to project its values, reduce poverty and contribute to peace and prosperity in the world. Effective communication concerning these...

The evaluation of the Common Implementing Regulation (CIR) has been part of a process of parallel evaluations of External Financing Instruments (EFIs) under the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014 -2020 and the 11th European Development Fund (EDF). The evaluations will feed into...

By the end of 2017, a mid-term review (MTR) of External Financing Instruments (EFIs) has to be presented to the European Parliament and to the Council. External evaluations have been conducted of each instrument and of the Common Implementation Regulation (CIR). This Coherence Report provides a...

The evaluation of the Development Co-operation Instrument (DCI) for the period 2014-2020 is being undertaken in parallel with evaluations of other External Financing Instruments (EFIs) under the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020. Like them, it will feed into the Mid-term review...