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  1. Improving Performance Measurement in the Social Sectors

    There are abundant stories about over-ambitious targets and badly chosen indicators in Performance Assessment Frameworks. So should we do away with PAFs as instruments for sector capacity development? No, says Willem Cornelissen from the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and trainer for the Aid Delivery Method Programme of EuropeAid, but there is ample room for improving their use in the social sectors and develop related capacities.
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    1 December 2009

  2. Technical Assistance: Too Much of the Wrong Thing?

    In war-torn Afghanistan, technical assistance has been the standard recipe for getting quick results in a situation with limited government capacity. It has at best been a double edged sword, according to a recent learning event on technical cooperation in the capital, Kabul. On the other hand, they find that the TC reform is highly relevant even in this most fragile of situations.
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    9 November 2009

  4. Containing the Fall-out of the Global Financial Crisis in Developing Countries

    The darkest days of the global financial crisis are fading away to reveal green shoots of economic growth in much of the developed world. But in developing nations the effects of the downturn are still being felt and could get worse, say some experts who want to see more decisive action from donors.
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    7 October 2009

  5. MEP Interview: Working Towards Change

    Following a critical report from the European Court of Auditors in 2007 on how the Commission delivers technical cooperation, EuropeAid embarked on a programme of reform.
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    6 October 2009

  6. A Lesson in Public Sector Reform from Haiti

    The European Commission's experience in Haiti in support of a government-wide strengthening of the executive branch provides an encouraging example of government-driven donor co-ordination and an imaginative approach to capacity development and technical co-operation in a fragile or post-conflict environment.
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    2 October 2009