Quality of Evaluations Workshop, New Delhi (14 -15 April 2005) - Presentation: Anne Bichsel Quality Assessment of SDC’s External Evaluation Reports

Quality Assessment of SDC’s External Evaluation Reports - Presentation made by Anne Bichsel (SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Evaluation & Controlling Division) at the Quality of Evaluations Workshop, New Delhi (14 -15 April 2005).

Development Gateway Newsletter, March 2005

Newsletter produced by the Development Gateway, March 2005. Topics include: - AID MANAGEMENT PLATFORM ADDRESSING NEED FOR HARMONIZATION - HEWLETT FOUNDATION TO EXPAND ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS - DISTINGUISHED JURORS TO DECIDE 2005 DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY AWARD - NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT: NEW AFFILIATED TOPIC PAGE - SOUTH-SOUTH LIAISONS: COUNTRY GATEWAYS BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY - ICT, HEALTHCARE, AND HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA: JOINT

Agenda for the Joint Evaluation Workshop (20 - 21 April, Nairobi)

Workshop on Joint Evaluations - Challenging the Conventional Wisdom - the View from Developing Country Partners (Nairobi, 20 -21 April, 2005). Workshop organised by the DAC Secretariat as part of the Network on Development Evaluation's work on Joint Evaluations.

Evaluation links

Website links to the evaluation community. Updated on 7 Jan 2011.

Harmonising Donor Practices for Effective Aid Delivery: Two Volumes

The international community is committed to helping partner countries meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving global poverty by 2015. The good practices outlined in these volumes respond to the concerns of the effective use of aid and provide practical steps to be undertaken.

Related Documents

• DAC Guidelines and Reference Series
• HLF1: The First High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Rome
• Second High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-2), 28 February to 2 March 2005, Paris, France

About the Network

What is the DAC Network on Development Evaluation?

Swiss members of the DAC Network on Development Evaluation

Swiss members of the DAC Network on Development Evaluation

Policy Lessons on the Role of ODA in Mobilising Private Investment

Without major and sustained efforts to promote more and better investment (both domestic and foreign) in developing countries, meeting the Millennium Development Goals will be even more difficult than presently envisaged. Bilateral and multilateral donors already spend a significant share of their aid on activities that contribute to mobilising private investment - 26% of all foreign assistance,according to one analysis of mostly

Related Documents

• Investment for Development

DAC High Level Meeting, 2-3 March 2005

The annual DAC meeting of aid ministers and agency heads will look for ways donor and recipient countries can improve the lives of poor people, including those suffering under unstable or corrupt governments, by using aid more effectively. Better co-ordination amongst donors and between donors and recipients will be a big step in the right direction, but indicators and monitoring are also crucial. The meeting will also discuss the

Using aid more effectively to fight poverty - High-level forum on aid harmonisation, alignment and results

As the international community evaluates chances of attaining the Millennium Development Goals, one thing is clear – higher levels of aid must be accompanied by more efficient use of the funds available.