Simon Maxwell

As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated. I now work mainly on climate issues, especially in Brighton and Hove, and new work can be found on the website of Climate:Change, our independent think-tank on socially inclusive action in the City: www.climatechangebh.org.uk.

Meanwhile, however, this website has over 850 entries, mostly representing my work on international development from 2010-2025. Among much else, there are over 50 book reviews, more than 20 papers and training cases on bridging research and policy and on managing think-tanks, and many papers on other topics, including aid, food security and nutrition, and the future of international development. See ‘Topics and Themes’ for more details. I can be reached at sm@simonmaxwell.net.

Does European Aid Work? An Ethiopian Case Study

Does European Aid Work?  An Ethiopian Case Study, IDSInstitute for Development Studies, Sussex Working Paper 46, November 1996

The future of European aid is being hotly debated. This paper presents the results of a major evaluation of EUEuropean Union aid to Ethiopia over the period from 1976 to 1994. It concludes that the effectiveness of aid has varied. Some, perhaps most, 'worked', but some did not - for reasons partly internal to Ethiopia and partly internal to the EU. A seven-point action plan is proposed to enable the EUEuropean Union to achieve an objective-driven strategy.

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