Why do donors delegate to multilateral organisations? A synthesis of six country case studies Research reports and studies | November 2016 | Romilly Greenhill and Gideon Rabinowitz with contributions from Maria Ana Jalles d’Orey and Annalisa Prizzon This report examines the reasons behind donors' decisions to delegate funding to multilateral organisations, based on six country case studies. Downloads
Untangling the data: assessing the accuracy of official refugee-related costs in Europe Research reports and studies | September 2016 | Isabella Massa This report assesses the accuracy of official migrant and refugee-related costs reported by European governments in 13 countries Downloads
Evaluation of Norway’s support for advocacy in the development policy arena Research reports and studies | September 2016 | Helen Tilley, Anne Buffardi, Simon Hearn, Jonas Lövkrona and Johanna Lindström This evaluation identifies the driving factors that determine the achievement of Norway’s advocacy outcomes, as well as lessons for improving meeting its objectives. Downloads
Case study on Norway's engagement in the fight against illicit financial flows and tax havens: commercial tax evasion Research reports and studies | September 2016 | Helen Tilley This report assesses Norway’s efforts to reduce illicit financial flows (IFF) in an effort to identify the key factors determining their advocacy outcomes. Downloads
What is the point of PEFA? Comment | 6 May 2016 | Sierd Hadley PEFA has become the standard tool for measuring public financial management systems; however we argue that it has also become a misleading victim of its own success. Read and comment
Neutrality and solidarity in Nordic humanitarian action Working and discussion papers | January 2016 | Carl Marklund Although small, the Nordic countries have historically had a large and distinctive impact on humanitarian action. Download
Evaluation of Norway's support to women's rights and gender equality in development cooperation: Ethiopia case study report Research reports and studies | August 2015 | Nicola Jones, Taveeshi Gupta and Bekele Tefera In 2014-15, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation commissioned an evaluation of the impact of Norwegian aid on enhancing gender equality and women’s rights in Southern partner countries. This report presents the Ethiopian case study, assessing... Download
A mixed bag: Norway's support for women and girls' rights and gender equality in international development Research reports and studies | August 2015 | Nicola Jones In 2014-15, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation commissioned an evaluation of the impact of Norwegian aid on enhancing gender equality and women’s rights in Southern partner countries. This policy brief outlines policy and programming recommendations based... Download
Gender equality and women's rights evaluation Research reports and studies | August 2015 | Nicola Jones, Inge Tvedtenr, Angélica Arbulú, Paola Pereznieto, Johanna Lindström, Carmeliza Rosário, Sheila Faquir and Fumo Chacuro and Mari Norbakk These reports evaluate Norway’s support to strengthening women and girls’ rights and gender equality through its development cooperation during the period 2007-2013. Downloads
Practical methods for assessing private climate finance flows Research reports and studies | February 2014 | Julia Illman, Mikko Halonen, Shelagh Whitley and Nella Canales Trujillo This study identifies ten considerations that are key to estimating private finance that has been mobilised to address the needs of developing countries in addressing climate change. Downloads
