Evaluation Insights are informal working papers issued by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on Development Evaluation. These notes highlight emerging findings and policy messages from evaluations and share insights into the policy and practice of development evaluation. This paper draws on a review carried out by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the...

Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris on 14th December 1960, and which came into force on 30th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shall promote policies designed: − to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus t...

This article modifies the conventional two-stage DEA model to construct an analytical model for energy-related efficiency with undesirable outputs. Our proposed model relaxes the constraint that the inputs of the second process must come from the first process. As a result, our proposed model is more flexible than the original model in terms of the application of energy-related efficiency measu...

Around one-third of the European Union’s budget is dedicated to cohesion policy, which promotes and supports overall harmonious development its Member States regions. The success this investment relies on effective partnerships among governments, stakeholders, citizens. Citizens have a key role play in shaping decisions public investment, as well making authorities more transparent accountable....

Increased global integration affects groups of individuals differently. This paper examines ways in which greater integration through trade impacts women and men differently, and ensuing implications for growth. The paper finds that trade creates jobs for women in export-oriented sectors. Jobs that bring more household resources under women’s control lead to greater investments in the health an...

As mentioned in the European white paper of the OECD (OECD, 2003) the main policy objective to be tackled is the development of sustainable urban goods transport. Sustainable urban goods transport should facilitate a continuing economic growth and meanwhile protecting the environment and ensuring a better quality of life for future generations. In Netherlands various regulations have been imple...

This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected studies on regional development issues prepared for use within the OECD. Authorship is usually collective, but principal authors are named. The papers are generally available only in their original language English or French with a summary in the other if available. The opinions expressed in these papers are the sole respo...

Today a new generation of food safety policy is emerging in OECD countries and international public health forums. The United States has actively contributed to the thinking and scientific research underlying this new generation of policy. A consensus has emerged among nations about the basic components of an effective food safety system based on modern science and management practices. In shor...

*London International Development Centre; School of Oriental and African Studies, Centre for Development, Environment and Policy, †London International Development Centre; University College London, Bartlett Development Planning Unit, ‡University College London, Centre for Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, §University College London, Bartlett Development Planning Unit, ¶University College...

BACKGROUND One in four children in England is overweight/obese upon starting school. HENRY (Health Exercise Nutrition for the Really Young) offers a novel, preventive approach to this problem by training practitioners to work more effectively with the parents of preschool children around obesity and lifestyle issues. The programme is being delivered to all Sure Start Children's Centres (the UK ...