Working paper
What is most effective – core funding or earmarked funding?
Global challenges and tightened aid spending reinforce the importance of effective development financing. EBA and the German Institute for Development Evaluation, DEval have compiled what we know about the effectiveness of core funding and earmarked funding to multilateral organisations. The review indicates that core funding is more effective than earmarked funding, as it gives greater autonomy and enables strategic and long-term planning. But there are still some evidence gaps.
Reports
What Are They Fighting For?
A new EBA report by researchers Johan Brosché, Sebastian Raattamaa and Kate Lonergan shows that peace agreements that miss the core issues of the conflict are at risk of failing quickly. By analysing over 250 peace agreements and a brand new data set, the authors have gained insights into how peace negotiations and treaties should be designed to achieve more sustainable outcomes.
Invitation for proposals
Call for Proposals: Evaluation of Swedish Aid to Human Rights Strengthening in Partner Countries
Promoting human rights has long been a key component of Swedish development cooperation. EBA is now inviting evaluators and researchers to an evaluation that will provide knowledge about the effects of Sweden's support for formal human rights institutions and mechanisms.
News
New studie about relations between Swedish development and security policy
In the reform agenda, the government states that development cooperation is one of the most important foreign policy tools for pursuing and safeguarding Swedish interests and meeting the challenges that we and the world face. In a new study, the EBA will examine the relationship between Sweden's security and development policies in order to identify synergies, overlapping or coherent objectives, and areas where there may be conflicting objectives or risks. The study will also shed light on how Sweden prioritises these issues today, as well as how other countries work with security and development policy.
