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How current funding mechanisms allow for the misuse of EU cohesion funds

Serena Clarke // 14 November 2019

The EU’s Cohesion Policy comprises almost a third of the current seven-year budget. However, there is controversy as to whether cohesion projects have been …

Exporting Development Blueprints

Diego Zúniga Aguilera // 21 October 2019

The European Union’s budget for foreign aid for the 2014-2020 period is of €82 billion on. As part of a new humanitarian aid package, …

Corrupting CAP

Daniel Iturri Calvo // 11 July 2019

A tale of corruption, political scandals, and even murder: the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has turned agriculture in Europe into an environmentally unsustainable, …

Early Elections in Italy? An Issue of democracy, corruption, and banks

Briana Chui // 21 June 2017

With the potential for an early election by the end of the year, Italy must face the realities of its democratic system: cronyism and …

Greece – the conundrum of currency and institutions

Nikos Miserlis // 31 January 2017

Part 2 of our Greek economy series. For Part 1, please click here.
 
The Institutional Problem Revealed through Global Indices
 
One could arguably …

Greece – the conundrum of currency and institutions

Nikos Miserlis // 30 January 2017

(Part 1)
 
It appears to many that Greece is a lost cause and a country that can maybe only survive outside the euro. …

Natural disasters and the faults of state-funded reconstruction

Paolo Belardinelli // 19.09.2016
 
I hail from Marche, one of the regions hit by the recent earthquake in which 292 people died. Unfortunately, …

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