News from EBA

The EBA hereby invites proposals for an evaluation of Sweden’s application of internationally agreed principles for engagement in fragile countries. Deadline 14 April 2020.

In connection to the release of a new report on blended finance in decelopment cooperation, we recently had this seminar: ”Financing Private Development Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Please feel free to watch it...

The EBA has decided to commission an evaluation of the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) with a focus on effectiveness, impact and coordination. Deadline for submitting proposals: 19 April 2020.

Watch Gary Barker explain key findings and conclusions from the report ”2019:07 Applying a Masculinities Lens to the Gendered Impacts of Social Safety Nets”. Video 1: Key findings Video 2: What is this report...

Watch our seminar "Fish Stocks and Aid Flows: Poverty Reduction in Times of Resource Depletion". This has long been part of Swedish development cooperation. However, knowledge about effects is limited. The new EBA report: ‘Fishing Aid:...

What impact can social safety programmes have on gender equality? Especially cash transfers provided to poor households in low- and middle-income countries have increased drastically during the past decades. EBA launches a new review that...

Many living in poverty belong to discriminated against groups. Anti-discrimination work are key to reduce poverty. Still, not enough is known about what gives the best effects in anti-discrimination. See the seminar here.

Little is known about the effects of aid in connection to migration in developing countries. See our seminar and launch of a new overview of the research in this field. In cooperation with The Migration Studies Delegation.

The EBA hereby invites proposals for a statistical study of the effects from Swedish and international democracy support.  Deadline September 11, 2019. More information here.  The study will systematically evaluate the effects of...

See our seminar "Risk management in development cooperation – the challenge to simultaneously act responsibly and responsively"...

The EBA hereby invites proposals for an evaluation of the long-term Development cooperation between Ethiopia and Sweden. More information here. Deadline August 9th 2019. The Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) is a government committee...

Our annual report The EBA Aid Review 2019 has arrived! Here we gather findings and conclusions from our work last year, in an accessible, short format. Read about current challenges and trends in development cooperation, and also reflections for the future. The EBA Aid Review is available in English here and in Swedish here. For a printed version, please don’t hesitate to order from ud.eba@gov.se.

Welcome to an interesting seminar and launch of our new evaluation of Swedish development cooperation to Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1995-2018. Friday April 26th at 2 pm - 3.45 pm (registration at 1.30 pm), at Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm.

Professor Geske Dijkstra presents her main findings in a short clip:...

We are living in an era where civil liberties are increasingly under threat. How does this trend affect forms and content of Swedish international development cooperation?

Notes from EBA:s panel at DevRes 2018 in Gothenburg. By Helena Lindholm, EBA:s Chair and Professor in peace and development research.

EBA invites proposals for evaluate the Nordic Development Fund (NDF). Focus on institutional performances in accordance to mandate and potential future role as a joint Nordic financing instrument for development. Find more information...

On June 15 EBA in collaboration with the German Institute for Development Evaluation, DEval, held a seminar on "How can humanitarian and development aid work together? The case of Syria". The EBA report 2018:02 Building bridges between...

On May 28 the report "How predictable is Swedish aid? A study of exchange rate volatility" was launched at a seminar at Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm. The report, which is written by Númi Östlund, shows that exchange rate volatility has...

Ever since the very beginning of the EBA’s existence we have in our reports noted difficulties in undertaking evaluations and analyses because of data constraints. Data either don’t exist, or they are much too irregular. Quite often...

EBA arranged a session on evaluation methods on October 19th, 2017, at the biannual conference of the Swedish Evaluation Society. Under the steer of Kim Forss, member of EBA, three authors presented their own take and discussed that of the...

We need to talk more about research. About its intrinsic value, and its importance for development at large. Sometimes viewed as a costly subsidy of elites in poorer countries, aid to research has not always been a priority among donors....

Mahmoud Fathalia, tidigare president i the International Federation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FIGO) genom Susanne Sjöström. Med EBA:s rapportserie Development Dissertation Briefs (DDB) ges nyligen disputerade doktorer...

We are pleased to announce that the Minister for International Development Cooperation has, as of 1 June, appointed three new Expert Group members. We warmly welcome Helena Lindholm (chair), Johan Schaar and Fredrik...

Discriminatory structures tend to keep people in poverty since they are not given full access to e.g. service provision or the educational system. One of the strongest messages of the Agenda 2030 framework is that no one will be left...

A voice for knowledge and decency has fallen silent. During Hans’ three years as a member of EBA, we learnt to know him as a devoted and fearless defender of humanitarian principles and knowledge based decisions; a person with a warm...

On February 2, EBA launched the report “Making Waves: Implications of the irregular migration and refugee situation on Official Development Assistance spending and practices in Europe ” (the report was launched during following...

Good quality aid statistics are essential in order understand how, when, where and for which reasons aid is provided, and in order to properly evaluate the effects of aid. How reliable are the data currently available? In a new EBA working...

International development cooperation has always been concerned with results. Whether there is an increased attention to results in recent years can be questioned, for those with good memory there has been successive waves of results...

The importance of the private sector for economic development is undisputable. Private actors - whether we talk about firms or other organisations - are an essential part of the web that forms a well-functioning society. In the process of...

In the last few months I have as a new vice chairperson of EBA had the privilege of participating in three EBA seminars of which I have moderated two; one in Stockholm and one in Gothenburg. The attendance has more than met expectations...

Most would agree that prudent and effective Public Finance Management (PFM) is essential in low- and middle income countries. Well-functioning institutions are key to economic growth and development and are a necessary (albeit not...

Sweden has repeatedly been criticized for spreading its bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) thinly. For example, the OECD’s recent peer review of Sweden’s development assistance  concluded that “In the absence of clear...

What would it take to reach a ”grand convergence” in global health by 2035? What actions are necessary in order to reduce mortality in low- and lower middle-income countries to the levels of the healthiest middle income countries of...

This week, the Expert Group for aid studies publishes a report on the future role of Swedish health aid. The report summarizes main finding from recent international work and elaborates on the implications for countries currently receiving...

How does EBA pursue its work on a daily basis? Well, we first try to find the most important questions to study, and then decide on who should get the assignment of writing reports on these issues. Some of the ideas come from the expert...

The Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) was set up by the Swedish government in 2013. The Terms of Reference announce that we "will continuously evaluate and analyse Sweden’s international development cooperation in order to improve...