Workshop on Division of Labour, Tunis, Tunisia 3-4 November 2010

04-Oct-2010

Continuing this series of regional workshops on Division of Labour, participants from Francophone Africa will experiences on in-country division of labour (DoL) and begin a dialogue on international DoL and the road to HLF-4.

Despite progress and good examples, reinvigoration of the DoL agenda is needed. The main factors for success are comprehensive, government-led proposals on DoL with a clear time frame and milestones. Participants identified as the biggest challenge: mobilising awareness and political will at high levels and involving new actors in the DoL agenda.

OECD/WTO call for Aid-for-Trade case stories

30-Jul-2010

OECD and WTO are calling on governments, institutions, organizations, the academia, the private sector and other interested parties to share experiences on how Aid for Trade is working on the ground. The case stories will provide an important source of information for the Third Global Review of Aid for Trade next year.

Global Governance for International Development: Who's in Charge?

01-Jul-2010

There is no single forum for countries to agree how to make their development aid more effective and to make these decisions last. This brief discusses how this situation can be improved.

Conférence Annuelle des Banques sur l’Economie du Développement (CABED)

01-Jul-2010

 Au cours de la CABED, le CAD-OCDE a tenu une session parallèle qui a donné une opportunité à la fois aux théoriciens et aux praticiens de discuter des implications politiques de l’agenda de l’efficacité de l’aide. Les objectifs principaux de la session étaient de revoir les présomptions derrière les modèles actuels de distribution de l’aide, de mettre en évidence la manière par laquelle les analyses politiques peuvent jouer un rôle dans la prise de décisions et enfin de proposer des moyens non-conventionnels d’inclure les politiques dans le débat à l’approche du HLF-4 en Décembre 2011.

Special Review : Poland should strengthen its development co-operation

10-Jun-2010

The OECD encourages Poland to strengthen its development co-operation policy, set a clear path for aid increases and move from small-scale aid projects to multi-year aid programmes.

Accelerating Progress Towards the MDGS through Pro-Poor Growth

05-May-2010

Meeting the MDG poverty reduction goals requires growth to be more pro-poor. Employment, social protection and empowerment are therefore essential.

 

Aid effectiveness and accountability: G8 support is key for progress

27-Apr-2010

Canada, 2010 G8 chair, invited the OECD to participate in the G8 Development Ministerial meeting in Halifax, on 27-28 April.  The meeting will lay the foundations for development proposals for the Leaders Summit in Muskoka next June. The OECD will lead off the discussion on the overarching theme of accountability and effectiveness of aid relationships, highlighting progress, challenges and areas where political will can make aid make a difference for development results.

Dili International Dialogue: A new vision for peacebuilding and statebuilding

16-Apr-2010

Paving the road to building sustainable peace and developing capable and accountable states, the Dili International Dialogue and declaration  (pdf, 584 kB) in Timor-Leste identified seven peacebuilding and statebuilding goals with concrete commitments for governments and international assistance to improve its support.

Breakthrough statement endorses development co-operation among developing countries

26-Mar-2010

Culminating in the landmark Bogotá Statement, the 24-26 March High Level Meeting on South-South Co-operation in Bogotá, Colombia, reasserted that South-South Co-operation is a complement to -- not a substitute for -- traditional aid, and commended the OECD DAC for its statistics and methodology in measuring South-South Co-operation.

2010 Edition of the OECD International Development Statistics CD-ROM

01-Mar-2010

Released on 1 March 2010, this CD-ROM  provides economists and researchers with a unique source of up-to-date comparative statistics and information on international development.