Evaluation of the Norwegian Mixed Credits Programme

Executive summary

The principal objectives of this evaluation have been to assess (1) to what extent mixed credits have contributed to private and public sector development, and, as such, (2) to what extent mixed credits have fulfilled Norwegian development co-operation policy objectives in general. The evaluation focused on three main issues. First, we explored how the Norwegian mixed credit facility fits into the international context in general and in particular to the Helsinki Arrangement. Second, we carried out extensive field studies to assess the impact of mixed credit projects in the recipient countries. Third, we evaluated how mixed credit projects are managed by the Norwegian actors in order to assess the effects in Norway and the way in which the projects are fitted into the framework of Norwegian development co-operation.