Posted on August 31, 2008 by ecdpm
In its latest review of PRSPs, the World Bank finds that 8 of the 62 recipient countries surveyed have “largely developed” operational development strategies, while most others have at least “taken action” in putting together such a strategy. PRSPs help focus policies on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, but can a document drafted [...]
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Posted on August 31, 2008 by ecdpm
Recently has been published the second report of the monitoring of the Paris Declaration by the DAC. 54 countries, have contributed to this second edition. The results of the evaluation are of enormous importance for the Accra conference next week. These results reflect the steps forward, with regard to the base-line of 2005 (established by [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2008 by ecdpm
Nancy Birdsall and Kate Vyborny at the Center for Global Development suggest six concrete steps for the Accra meeting on aid effectiveness: 1. Untie all aid, including technical assistance, and publish information on which providers get contracts in practice. 2. Tell recipients what donors are spending through a concrete set of standards for transparency. 3. [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2008 by ecdpm
Many development organisations are working on the Millennium Development Goals, but will any of them be held accountable when the targets are not met? This column introduces the importance of mapping the “global development finance non-system” in order to identify agencies’ overlap, activity duplication, and mission creep. International reform will be mammoth task. Recent years [...]
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Posted on August 24, 2008 by ecdpm
FRIDE has launched a special web on the HLF on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, which includes a comprehensive backgrounder on the evolution of development policies from Paris to Accra. While the 2005 Paris Declaration sets technical standards for achieving better development results, political issues have entered the stage in its implementation over the last three [...]
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