Financing Development Newsletter - N° 1 - August-October 2007

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Our first report on Financing Development is out and the OECD Global Forum on Development is moving into Year II. We think these are two good reasons to send you our newsletter.

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Ownership in Practice. Paris, France. Contact - Website.

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1st Annual Plenary, OECD Global Forum on Development. OECD. Paris, France. Website.
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Performance and Cohe-rence in Multilateral Development Finance. Berlin, Germany. Website.

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Seeking Solutions Beyond Aid
Everyone agrees that aid alone cannot finance development; new actors and fresh sources of finance are essential. Fortunately, they are on the rise. But their emergence raises challenges for donor and recipient alike. “Aid and Beyond” – our first volume in an annual series on Financing Development – takes a deep look at the complex landscape of international development finance. It investigates how policy makers in poor countries can make the most of new funding opportunities, and provides impulses for aid donors to rethink their roles in the development finance system. Purchase this report.
			ODA has quadrupled since 1980 but now accounts for less than 15% of total capital inflows to developing countries.

Year II of the OECD Global Forum on Development Following an eventful first year, Year II of the OECD Global Forum on Development is now underway, with "ownership" as its leading theme. Participants the Forum’s events will ask how developing countries - and their citizens - can take the lead in tracking, managing and making the most of their development finance flows. (more ...)

Recent publications

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FINANCING HEALTH New Actors in Health Financing: Implications for a Donor Darling
New actors such as foundations, global funds and NGOs are emerging in international statistics on development finance. But what are the implications of their emergence for national administrations and line ministries? This Policy Brief maps out trends in Ghana’s health sector. It argues that poor countries need stronger information systems and better co-ordination mechanisms to draw maximum benefits from these trends. (more...) Short of time? Facing Complexity in Development Finance (pdf)

GRANTS AND LOANS After Gleneagles: What Role for Loans in ODA?
Following recent debt cancellations for poor countries, loans appear to fallen out of favour as instruments for aid delivery. This Policy Brief makes the case for loans and proposes a lending scheme that allows for debt cancellation if the borrowing country suffers from bad external shocks. (more...) Short of time? Forgive Debt, but Keep Lending (pdf)

In the Media	Top

Forgive Debt, but Keep Lending (D & C, Germany).	Live 8, Grants and Loans (OECD Observer).

La Bolsa y la Vida (América Economía, Chile).	Wer hat Angst vor China in Afrika? (Internationale Politik, Germany).

Ajuda Chinesa à America Latina? (Valor Economico, Brazil).	Schwächelnde Schwestern: Verlieren Währungsfonds und Weltbank dauerhaft an Bedeutung? (Internationale Politik, Germany).

At the Development Centre

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African Economic Outlook 2007

As every year, the latest edition of our annual African Economic Outlook, published jointly with the African Development Bank, contains detailed reports on economies of selected African economies. This year’s focus theme is on Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation. (more…)

Business for Development: Fostering the Private Sector (2007)

Our new book on "Business for Development" provides fresh thinking on how public and private actors can work together and play a stronger role in development. (more. ..)