Long abstract

Focus on development aid targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions

The developed countries that signed the three Rio Conventions in 1992 committed themselves to assist developing countries in the implementation of these Conventions. DAC has monitored aid targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions through its "Creditor Reporting System" (CRS) and the so called "Rio markers". Every aid activity reported to the CRS should be screened and marked as either (i) targeting the Conventions as a 'principal objective' or a 'significant objective', or (ii) not targeting the objective.