Seminar on Aid Effectiveness & Regional Economic Integration

21-Apr-2010

This seminar on "Challenges in Cooperation and Communication for Development in Southeast Asia" was organised on 26 & 27 April in Hanoi, Viet Nam. It aimed at helping ASEAN policy makers find innovative policy solutions to stay competitive, strengthen social cohesion and reduce existing gaps between countries of the region through regional integration.

It was hosted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Government of Viet Nam, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, and the OECD Development Centre.

Migration in West Africa workshop in Dakar

16-Mar-2010

The Development Centre and the UNDP will be co-hosting a workshop in Dakar on 25 March to discuss migration in West Africa. The sessions will convene researchers and policy makers to focus on the themes of governance of migration and the links between migration and labour markets in the region.

Multilateral Aid & the Broad Public: Improving Results Communication

26-Feb-2010

The African Development Bank and DevCom organised a round-table conference on 22 & 23 March 2010 in Tunis. This joint initiative aimed to improve the practice of communicating on multilateral aid to the broad public.

China in Africa: Debunking myths and debating truths

24-Feb-2010

In the context of its ongoing work on new trade and development partners in Africa, the Development Centre hosted a presentation and debate of Asia/Africa expert Deborah Brautigam’s new book The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa. Professor Brautigam began by explaining away the greatest myths surrounding China’s engagement in Africa and ended with a summary of the different approaches to development held by China and traditional donors to the region.

Development Centre and African Union collaborate to build on 2009 AEO study

01-Feb-2010

The OECD Development Centre and the African Union (AU) have agreed to examine together the economic impact of open access to new high capacity cables along Africa’s West and East coasts. The study, which will be presented at the 2010 AU ministerial meeting in Nigeria, will highlight how these developments can provide consumers with more choices for equipment and services. The decision was reached during the 27 January AU Summit of Heads of State in Addis Ababa where Laura Recuero-Virto, author of the 2009 study, was invited to participate in an ICT infrastructure and applications seminar.

Africa: Taxing its way out of aid dependence?

13-Dec-2009

The OECD Development Centre, the African Development Bank and the UN Economic Commission for Africa gathered experts in Paris to discuss public resource mobilization and its role in reducing Africa’s dependence on external financial flows especially aid. Academics, development practitioners and experts from Africa and OECD used the December 14th meeting to debate the extent and sustainability of taxation’s contribution to Africa’s development. The discussions will provide inputs to the 2010 African Economic Outlook, which will be launched in May in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

The Dominican Republic joins the OECD Development Centre

07-Dec-2009

The OECD Development Centre welcomed on Wednesday 3 November the Dominican Republic as its 39th member country. Speaking at OECD headquarters on this occasion, President Leonel Fernández said “Joining the Development Centre is going to be of crucial help in defining the policies for our national development.” The first Caribbean member of the Centre, the Dominican Republic is already playing an active role in our work. In particular, it is helping us set up a policy network that brings together OECD and Latin American experts.

The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators

26-Nov-2009

The 2009 DevCom Annual Meeting took place on 8-10 November and was hosted by IrishAid in Dublin. 70 communicators and experts from donor institutions shared best practices on issues such as communicating results and aid effectiveness, implications for communication specialists arising from the economic crisis, use of new technologies and social media in development communication, polling for public opinion. Among invited speakers were Dambisa Moyo, Simon Maxwell and Jamie Drummond.

OECD AfricanEconomicOutlook.org Wins Award for Best Website

23-Nov-2009

The Centre is pleased to announce that the African Economic Outlook, one of the OECD Development Centre’s flagship reports, won the Best in Class Interactive Media Award (IMA) for its website with an overall score of 500. This is the first perfect score in the history of IMA.

Nouvelle étude concernant les conditionnalités de l’aide internationale : des leçons pour l’Afrique

29-Sep-2009

Alors que les liens entre l’Afrique et les pays émergents se renforcent, une nouvelle étude du Centre de Développement intitulé “L’appropriation des politiques économiques et la conditionnalité de l’aide face à la crise financière”, suggère que les bénéficiaires de l'aide publique au développement devraient profiter de l’émergence de nouveaux donneurs pour demander une réduction des conditions posées par les pays donateurs.