The new European Commission policy of ‘differentiation’ aims to recalibrate its development cooperation with middle-income countries, and introduces two significant changes: (1) new aid allocation criteria; and (2) differentiated development partnerships for different categories of countries. This ODI working paper explains the European Commission’s new policy and looks at its implications for developing countries.

This paper investigates how to interpret, respond to and use the evidence provided by recent donor quality indices, using the European Institutions as an example.

This Background Note suggests three potential adjustments to improve the quality of the evidence provided by recent donor quality indices.

This ODI Working Paper analyses the vulnerability of developing countries to the euro zone crisis, looking at differences across countries and groups of countries