The present report provides an overview and discussion on the overall implementation of the Facility from April 2013 to December 2016. It covers the overall and quantified results of SOCIEUX, but also includes detailed information on actions completed in each country. Tables calculations have...

The aim of this paper is to identify the key challenges in relation to youth employment in developing countries and provide recommendations on how EU development cooperation could support the youth employment agenda. It starts with a general discussion of the main reasons why youth employment...

This document contains the detailed instructions and guidance for the EEAS, DEVCO services and EU Delegations for the programming of the EU's bilateral development cooperation with partner countries and regions in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) under the 11th European Development...

We analytically derive optimal central bank portfolios in a minimum variance framework with two assets and "transaction demands" caused by sudden stops in capital inflows. In this model, the transaction demands become less important relative to traditional portfolio objectives as debt to reserve...

This paper examines whether the level of reserves in emerging market countries has become excessive. It presents a discussion of “adequacy” versus “excessive” levels of reserves, and presents calculations of reserve adequacy for a large number of emerging market countries. Two categories...