Papers in this issue include: Evaluating programme aid: Introduction and synthesis. Macroeconomic evaluation of programme aid: A conceptual framework. Evaluating the poverty impact of programme aid. Catch the tiger by its tail: Counterpart funds in the evaluation of programme aid. Balance of payment support aid in Japan: Evolution and evaluation. Programme aid evaluation: Dutch practice and a case for an economic and institutional approach at multi-donor Level. Methodology and findings of evaluations of non-project financial aid. Evaluation of balance of payment support: Case study of Sweden. British programme aid: Changing orientations.