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EBA Evaluates a Major Swedish Investment in Liberia
How do investments in rural roads affect people’s lives in the long term? In cooperation with the research institute AidData, the Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) is conducting a geospatial impact evaluation of the Liberia Swedish...
Published 7 April 2026 – Read more
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26 May

Development Dissertation briefs with Southeast Asia in focus: New research explores media aid, faith-based anti-trafficking work, and the lives of rural youth

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Flexible long-termism in Swedish Aid to Mozambique 2005-2026

Socio-economic effects of road construction in Liberia: a geospatial impact evaluation

A Practical Guideline for Evaluating Unintended Effects

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EBA reports

2026:01

Migration

Analysis

Linking Migration and Development: European Experiences and Policy Lessons for Sweden

Henrik Malm Lindberg, Iris Luthman

Development aid is increasingly used for migration purposes. Policy objectives are clear: support return and reintegration, and counter irregular migration. Implementation may, however, turn out to be cumbersome given previously untested...

EBA reports

2025:07

Health and Social Protection

Evaluation

Strengthening health systems – important but challenging for Swedish health aid

Adam Lagerstedt, Björn Ekman, Jens Wilkens, Jesper Sundewall, Joseph Kazibwe, Olga Kaartinen

Evaluation of Swedish support to health systems strengthening in Bangladesh and Uganda. Ensuring that health aid strengthens countries' health systems has long been a priority for Sweden. But how successful have we been in this...

EBA reports

2025:05

Climate and Environment

Analysis

Bridging aid and trade: Exploring synergies between Swedish climate-related development and export...

Max Schmidt, Luisa Weber, Ziqun Jia, Igor Shishlov

The government has placed greater emphasis on the synergies between aid and trade. The EBA report, Bridging Aid and Trade: Exploring Synergies Between Swedish Climate-Related Development and Export Finance, examines how Sweden can...

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