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02-Nov-2005
In the run-up to the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial, the OECD Development Assistance Committee held a Special Meeting on Aid for Trade, building on recent discussions of the Development Committee (September 2005) and the G8 (July 2005)...
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28-Sep-2005
Food aid in kind could respond to partner country needs in terms of poverty and food security if this was provided when international prices are high and stock are low. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Furthermore, the study calculates that tied food aid costs, on average, 50 per cent more than purchasing the same food locally and 30 per cent more than buying from third countries. The study suggests that there is scope for considerable efficiency gains in switching to less restricted sourcing, which could benefit agricultural development in many low income countries.
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27-Sep-2005
This statement to the WB/IMF Development Committee focuses on the commitments of the developed countries represented in the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
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Making Poverty Reduction Work: OECD’s Role in Development Partnership
21-Sep-2005
Contributing to global development is a key objective of the OECD as an intergovernmental agency and through its collective membership. What does the OECD bring to the international effort to achieve the international goals? Read the executive summary or the full report transmitted to the UN General Assembly Summit of 2005, as well as other international meetings related to development.
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02-Sep-2005
The DAC project on trade facilitation aims to strengthen the design, delivery and evaluation of technical assistance and capacity building programmes in trade facilitation, in a way that is consistent with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) and other DAC guidelines, including the DAC Guidelines on Strengthening Trade Capacity for Development (2001).
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13-Jun-2005
This publication outlines key issues faced when designing Environmental Fiscal Reform (EFR). EFR refers to a range of taxation and pricing measures which can raise fiscal revenues while furthering environmental goals.
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04-Feb-2005
The DAC will be organizing a seminar for DAC delegates in order to present the findings of a major World Bank study on Food Safety and Agricultural Health Requirements: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Country Exports...
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22-Dec-2004
This paper is premised on the notion that awareness-raising and communications about the MDGs in the industrialised countries are crucial in order to remind and hold national governments accountable to their aid, trade and debt commitments, which are found in the MDGs.
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22-Dec-2004
From the UN Secretary-General’s 2003 Report on Implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
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22-Dec-2004
Trade and investment, coupled with transfers of knowledge and technology and an appropriate institutional framework, have been major engines of global economic growth in developed and developing countries over the past 50 years.
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