News - Subsidies
19 news items on Subsidies
- Date
- Relevance
-
A billion euros in public money do not necessarily lead to more houses
Poor justification of incentive scheme; risk of crowding-out The Dutch central government released €1 billion in 2020 and 2021 as ...
-
More grants, fewer black-tailed godwits
20 years’ policy to protect meadow birds The policy to protect meadow birds such as the black-tailed godwit is not working. In ...
-
16 lessons learned from previous government measures to support large companies
First publication on ongoing investigation into the corona crisis and support for business In a letter to the House of ...
-
Billions placed in revolving funds but little accountability
The Dutch government is increasingly using revolving funds to achieve social goals, for example to encourage domestic energy ...
-
Unsubsidised wind farms unlikely in the near future, despite sharp fall in costs
The cost of offshore wind energy is projected to fall spectacularly. Unsubsidised offshore wind farms, however, are unlikely in ...
-
Sustainable energy targets not feasible without extra billions for offshore windfarms or projects abroad
SDE+ incentive scheme: good instrument, disappointing results
-
Second Court of Audit webinar: Tips to improve grant evaluations
Municipalities and provinces award grants for a wide variety of purposes, such as the restoration of monuments, cultural ...
-
No information available on effectiveness of €53 billion worth of central government spending
Ministers evaluate around half of government policy: scope for improvement
-
Difficultly fulfilling duty of evaluation: ministers have not checked effectiveness of nearly half of multi-billion expenditure
Audits requested by ministries usually do not consider policy effectiveness