Publications & Documents

Climate Resilience in Development Planning - Experiences in Colombia and Ethiopia

Publications and papers

Publications of the migration team at the OECD Development Centre

Events

Events concerning Migration and Development, organised or participated by the team of the Migration and Development Desk at the Development Centre

Newsletter - April 2014

In this issue of our newsletter, discover the new release edited by EvalNet members: “Evaluation Methodologies for Aid in Conflict”. Also in this issue, read about support to response to HIV/AIDS in Uganda; a review of embedding evaluation in DFID; a tool kit on gender equality; and evaluation of Norway’s aid programme.

Responsible Business Conduct: From good intentions to sustainable development

The private sector creates jobs, provides goods and services, generates income and profits, and contributes to public revenues. Companies have the ability to profoundly impact poverty reduction and sustainable development in countries in which they operate, including in areas such as energy and climate, water, agriculture and food production, gender equality and financial integrity.

Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría joined President Peña Nieto to open the High-Level Meeting with broad support for sustained global efforts in how effective development co-operation can lead to a stronger fight against poverty both now and in the post-2015 landscape.

Development Centre Newsletter - April 2014

Development Week 2014 / OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum / China’s new development model will gradually impact emerging economies

Rethinking development aid

The OECD is working to devise a new, broader measure of official support for development to reflect big changes since the concept of ODA -- or official development assistance -- was devised. Private capital flows are now much bigger than traditional aid and there has been a geographical shift in where the world's poorest people live.

Written Statement for the Development Committee, by Angel Gurría and Erik Solheim

The international community is set to transition into a critical new phase in its fight against poverty. Providers of development co-operation must maintain their commitments on the quantity and quality of the resources they provide, and they must help developing countries mobilise more domestic resources.

L’Italie a augmenté ses apports d’aide mais devrait améliorer ses pratiques, selon l’OCDE

L’Italie a augmenté ses apports d’aide et relevé ses objectifs en la matière, inversant ainsi une tendance à la baisse de son budget d’aide au développement. Elle doit désormais prendre des mesures pour donner suite aux recommandations qui lui ont été faites d’améliorer la gestion de ses programmes d’aide, selon un nouvel examen réalisé par l’OCDE.