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The DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness (www.oecd.org/dac/effectiveness) was set up in May 2003 in the context of the international consensus reached at Monterrey on the actions needed to promote a global partnership for development and accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
In order to effectively cover its broad mandate the Working Party has established the following five themes to examine particular areas of interest: monitoring the Paris Declaration, public financial management, managing for development results , procurement and aid untying.
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24-Sep-2008
This special issue of DACnews reports on the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (Accra, Ghana, 2-4 September), where unprecedented consensus was reached on what is needed to significantly step up aid effectiveness. We explore what it took to make it happen, the important decisions and agreements made there, and one of the highlights of the event: the recording of a special BBC World Debate, live in Accra.
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10-Sep-2008
Developed and developing countries agreed to take bold steps to reform the way aid is given and spent. After three days of intense negotiations during the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana (2-4 September), they endorsed the Accra Agenda for Action. Developing countries are committing to take control of their own futures, donors to co-ordinating better amongst themselves, and both parties to the Agenda are pledging to account to each other and their citizens. Read more…
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OECD fuels BBC World Debate on Africa and its partners
07-Oct-2008
Delegates to the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (Accra, 2-4 Sept) attended the recording of a special BBC World Debate on trade, investment and aid effectiveness in Africa. The debate, produced in association with the BBC World Service Trust, focused on the important issues being discussed at the Forum. Key personalities exchanged ideas and opinions during the hour-long programme. Investing in Africa: What works? which was broadcasted on 11 and 12 Oct 2008.
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27-Aug-2008
How effective is aid at helping countries meet their own development objectives? Some of the answers can be found in this report which presents the results from the second follow-up survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. It assesses progress in 54 developing countries and helps us understand the challenges in making development aid more effective. The findings are clear: donors and partner countries need to take stock and commit to doing whatever is needed to reach the agreed targets by 2010.
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01-Aug-2008
The Report on the Use of Country Systems in Public Financial Management is part of the Joint Venture’s ongoing work on facilitating the implementation of the Paris Declaration (2005) as it relates to PFM. The report takes stock of progress on using country systems in PFM and outlines recommendations on how best to achieve the 2010 targets as set out in the Paris Declaration and as we move to the Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness and beyond.
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24-Jul-2008
The principle of “ownership” will be at the heart of intergovernmental talks on aid effectiveness in Accra this September. Ahead of the Forum, the governments of Colombia and Switzerland, together with the OECD Development Centre, would welcome your views on how to put the principle into practice. With just one month to go before the Forum, this may be your last chance to contribute to its preparations.
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2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration
Reaching our Development Goals: Why Does Aid Effectiveness Matter?
