Implementing reform for effective aid

The Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action ouline the importance of partner country ownership over  their development policies and strategies to achieve their own economic, social and environmental goals. Read about the WP-EFF's work on improving ownership in:

• Country Systems
• Public financial management
• Procurement

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The impact of our collective efforts on the lives of poor people is under the microscope. Greater transparency and accountability in the use of development resources - domestic as well as external - are powerful drivers of progress.

• Managing for development results

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The effectiveness of aid is reduced when there are too many duplicating initiatives, especially at country and sector levels.

Reducing the fragmentation of aid by improving the complementarity of donors’ efforts and the division of labour among donors, including through improved allocation of resources within sectors, within countries, and across countries will bring about better aid.

• Sectoral approaches: Health as a Tracer Sector
• Division of labour for complementarity

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Untied aid is procured through open international competition (e.g. international competitive bidding). By contrast, tied aid is where procurement is restricted to suppliers from the donor country offering that aid.

Untying aid is a slow and complex process, but one firmly on the international development agenda. Indicators on progress with aid untying are integral parts the MDGs and the Paris Declaration.

• Untying aid