Last week, the OECD launched the 2025 Development Assistance Committee (DAC) peer review of the European Union’s development cooperation. The review assesses the impact of “the Union’s evolving development paradigm”, and notably...
The EU and its member states launched the International Digital Strategy in June 2025: aiming to link digital diplomacy, trade, technical support, cooperation tools and investments under the Global Gateway strategy, now branded as...
Karim Karaki and San Bilal note that the EU has insufficiently leveraged the potential and resources of multilateral and regional development banks. In a context of geopolitical competition and constrained EU budgets, these banks...
The European Union's Blending operations have proven instrumental in achieving policy objectives across the EU Neighbourhood and Western Balkans regions. A recent evaluation of interventions between 2015 and 2021 provides valuable...
Exploring Development Effectiveness at the Sectoral Level in Southern Countries looks at what impact applying the development effectiveness principles at sectoral level has (six country case studies). It further looks at the...
