EBA is a government committee mandated to independently
evaluate and analyse Sweden's international development assistance.
In a world of growing geopolitical uncertainty, competing superpower interests, armed conflicts and humanitarian crises, informed guidance is needed to chart a course for the future.
In this annual report, we bring together the lessons learnt and conclusions drawn from our activities over the past year.
2026:01
Migration
Analysis
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...
2025:07
Health and Social Protection
Evaluation
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...
2025:05
Climate and Environment
Analysis
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...