Effective Aid Management: Twelve Lessons from DAC Peer Reviews

Accompanied by specific examples of donor practices, this book proposes 12 lessons that can help practitioners understand and implement measures that are critical to managing and delivering development assistance effectively.

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What is a Peer Review?

The main objective of Peer Reviews is to encourage positive change, support mutual learning and raise the overall effectiveness of aid throughout the donor community. Often this goal is attained.

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Sweden commended for its strong global development commitment

The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) commended Sweden for making poverty reduction in developing countries a focus across the full range of government departments.

New Zealand (2005), DAC Peer Review

NZAID is committed to sharpening the focus of its assistance for better development results. This in practice involves “bigger, fewer, deeper and longer” engagements both with developing country partners and international agencies.

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Österreich erzielt Fortschritte bei der Reform der Effektivität seiner Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

er Entwicklungsausschuss der OECD (DAC) begrüßte die wichtigen Reformen im österreichischen Entwicklungshilfesystem, die seit der letzten gegenseitigen Prüfung der österreichischen Entwicklungsleistungen durch gleichrangige Partner (Peer Review) im Jahr 1999 durchgeführt worden sind...

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Austria Moves Forward on Major Reforms for More Effective Aid

The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) welcomed the significant reforms in the Austrian aid system since the last Peer Review in 1999, including the Development Co operation Act, adopted in 2002 and amended in 2003, and the Three-Year Programme 2004-2006 to guide Austria's aid priorities.

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Effektivität der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit des größten europäischen Geberlandes verbesserungsbedürftig

Der Prüfbericht des OECD-Ausschusses für Entwicklungshilfe über die französische Entwicklungspolitik und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) würdigte den Anstieg der für die öffentliche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (ODA)...

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Improving the Aid Effectiveness of Europe's Largest Donor Country

The OECD Development Assistance Committee’s review of French aid policies and programmes commended the rise in the volume of French official development assistance to USD 7.3 billion in 2003 from USD 4.2 billion in 2001.

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DAC's recommendations as Ireland prepares for a USD 1 billion development co-operation programme

In a major review of Ireland's development co-operation programme, the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) noted that Ireland's official development assistance (ODA) rose dramatically over the past decade.

Tanzania (2003), Joint Country Assessment

The aim of the joint country assessment in 2003 was to understand how the implementation of donors’ partnership strategies contributes to country ownership. Four DAC members (Denmark, Finland, Ireland, and Japan) agreed to participate in the Joint Country Assessment in Tanzania.