Financing Development Newsletter - N° 2 - November 2007-January 2008

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As policy makers prepare to discuss effective development finance in Accra and Doha, here's an update of our most recent work on this issue.

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Developing-country ownership is a condition for effective development finance. So why are governments and donors having such a hard time putting the principle into practice? In September, we asked more than thirty experts from developing countries to lead a thought-provoking discussion on this question. They agreed that policy makers ought to put more trust in local knowledge and home-grown ideas. However, they were far from unanimous about the future of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

Coming to grips with ownership at our Informal Experts' Workshop.

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Finding the story in aid effectiveness and results

Directors of communication and public affairs in aid agencies have a tough job. They want to tell stories about effective aid, but know that their colleagues in policy, monitoring and evaluation departments are still struggling to measure the results of aid programmes. At their Annual Meeting, DAC Development Communicators discussed how they could reach out to colleagues in other departments, lobby their management to mainstream communications, and improve their use of new media.

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Building a successful public-private dialogue (PPD) requires much more than legal procedures and administrative structures. Dialogue and compromise are necessary for governments to learn about the private sector's problems and adjust policies to foster its growth and development. This study addresses the obstacles to effective PPD in low-income countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. (more...)

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Private Sector Development in Poor Countries: Seeking Better Policies Recipes? (pdf)
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In a new G24 Policy Brief, Development Centre Counsellor Helmut Reisen argues that China is actually improving debt ratios in Africa by stimulating exports, infrastructure investment and growth. He sees no evidence of China “free riding” on debt relief by OECD donors, as the bulk of its lending goes to resource-rich countries that did not benefit from debt relief. (more...)

For more information
Read the Policy Brief (pdf)
The Rise of China and India - What's in it for Africa? (pdf)

Neue Heuschrecken
(Internationale Politik, Germany).

Can China change Latin America?
(OECD Observer).

New Bogeymen
(Internationale Politik, Germany).

The Asian Giants' Integration into the World Economy (pdf or video)
(IIASA Conference).

Making Aid Work for Africa
(International Herald Tribune, France).

"OECD says Latin America Needs to Spend More on Poor"
(Press Agencies)

This new report by the OECD Development Centre on Migration and Developing Countries concludes that better and more coherent migration policies can contribute to the fight against global poverty. (more…)
 

The OECD Latin American Economic Outlook 2008 (LEO), the first volume in an annual series by the Development Centre, provides recommendations in four key areas for Latin America’s development. (more. ..)