Division of Labour for Complementarity: Country Experiences

Several years ago, donors started to restrict the number of countries and sectors in which they were involved. Initiatives at systematic, country-led DoL, however, are more recent. At the time of the agreement on the EU Code of Conduct (2007) and Third High Level Forum (2008), only Uganda and Zambia were reported to have fairly advanced DoL processes, initiated in the broader context of Joint Assistance Strategies (JAS).
Since then, in part due to facilitation in the FTI context, many more countries have become involved.

Readers are encouraged to contribute relevant case studies and also informal, short reports on DoL experiences. To do so, please write to dac.contact@oecd.org.

Uganda 

• International Workshop: Rationalising Aid Delivery – Partner Country Experience and Perspectives (February 2008)
  Case study on the division of labour process in Uganda
• Accra Roundtable 3 (September 2008), Harmonisation Country case study: Uganda

Zambia 

• International Workshop: Rationalizing Aid Delivery - Partner Country Experience and Perspectives (February 2008) Case study on the division of labour process in Zambia
• Accra Roundtable 3, Harmonisation, Cross-country case study: Zambia

Malawi

• DoL Support in Malawi (March 2010)
  Upon request by the Ministry of Finance, a detailed donor mapping of current sector presence was conducted with a view towards more systematic division of labour.

Burkina Faso

• DoL Support in Burkina Faso (February 2010). Upon request by the Government of Burkina Faso, a detailed donors mapping of current sector presence was conducted with a view towards a more systematic division of labour. Report and annex (en français)  

Rwanda

• Summary of the Rwanda experience on country-led DoL (as presented at the Uganda regional workshop, September 2010)
  

Studies on the exit of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and/or the Netherlands from several developing countries (relevant for cross-country division of labour)

• Managing Aid Exit and Transformation
  Five country studies resulting from a 2008 joint donor evaluation by Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands on the management of their exits from India, South Africa, Eritrea, Botswana and Malawi.
• FRIDE: Silently leaving Malawi: Sweden's delegated exit 
  First three of a total of five case studies by the Spanish think tank FRIDE (further information on the page on monitoring, evaluation and research) on the process and impact of Sweden's "geographic concentration".