Publications & Documents

Greece (2011), DAC Peer Review: Main Findings and Recommendations

The Peer Review recommendations will help Greece build a sound and modern development co-operation system while also improving the quality and impact of its scaled back aid programme under the current national context.

The Netherlands (2011), DAC Peer Review: Main Findings and Recommendations

The Netherlands continues to achieve its target of allocating 0.7% of its national income as official development assistance and should sustain this. While retaining its emphasis on the Millennium Development Goals, the Netherlands is now revising its approach to development co-operation.

Spain (2011), DAC Peer Review: Main Findings and Recommendations

Though the economic crisis has forced Spain to cut public spending, its aid has almost doubled in the past 7 years. As the world’s 7th largest donor by volume, Spain plans to meet the international target of committing 0.7% of its gross national income to development aid. The government is committed to fighting poverty in developing countries and making aid more effective.

Greece - DAC Peer Reviews of Development Co-operation, 2011

Greek official development assistance was USD 508 million, amounting to 0.17% of its national income, in 2010. By volume, this represents a 28% fall over the past 2 years, from USD 703 million in 2008 and USD 607 million in 2009.

Findings from the Gender Equality Module of the 2011 Paris Declaration Monitoring Survey

Twenty-four of the developing countries that undertook the 2011 Paris Declaration Monitoring Survey chose to also pilot the survey’s gender equality module. Read the full report here.

Perspectivas Económicas de América Latina 2012

Latin American Economic Outlook 2012: Transforming the State for Development was presented by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena during the XXI Iberoamerican Summit in Asunción, Paraguay, 28 October 2011. Download a PDF of th

Strengthening Accountability in Aid for Trade

2012 Latin American Economic Outlook Press Release

Despite the global economic downturn, the economy of the Latin American and Caribbean region grew 5.9% in 2010 and is expected to climb by 4.4% this year. To ensure continued progress, these regions must now turn such growth into sustainable economic and social development, according to OECD and ECLAC’s 2012 Latin American Economic Outlook presented at the XXI Iberoamerican Summit in Asunción.

Launch of the 2012 Latin American Economic Outlook: Transforming the State for Development

This publication is the product of a joint effort by the Development Development Centre of the OECD and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), undertaken in order to analyse the role of the State in the economic growth and development of Latin American and Caribbean countries. The questions the outlook exposes are: What should be the main elements of the reform of the State in Latin America and the

Resumen de las Perspectivas Económicas de América Latina 2012

El sólido crecimiento de la economía de América Latina desde 2003 hace posible que los países de la región consideren ambiciosas agendas de políticas públicas para mitigar riesgos y aprovechar las actuales oportunidades para su desarrollo.