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EU Blending Facilities: Implications for Future Governance Options
14/02/2011 By Publicaciones FRIDE
This study by the European Think Tanks Group – FRIDE, DIE, ECDPM and ODI – offers an independent contribution to the European Union’s internal discussions on its future mechanisms for the complementary use of grants and loans (blending).
Whilst blending has emerged rapidly and is now common practice in development finance, there is currently a limited evidence base on its effects and little is known about how it works in practice, which methodology or procedure works best and whether a certain governance model is more effective in reaching its objectives.
In this context, this paper reviews the existing EU blending mechanisms, comparing their different governance arrangements, drawing
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Central Africa Central Asia and Russia Development cooperation Division of labour Donors EU European Union Governance Harmonization Latin America & Caribbean South East Asia Southern Africa West Africa Western BalkansBio author: Publicaciones FRIDE
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