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04-Oct-2010
Mining and manufacturing companies have joined forces with governments, regulators and civil society organisations to push for clearer standards to trace the origins of raw materials and to help guarantee their products are untainted by conflict.
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30-Sep-2010
The President of Timor–Leste, José Ramos-Horta, spoke on behalf of the g7+ at the UN General Assembly. The g7+ is an independent and autonomous forum of fragile and conflict-affected countries and regions. Representatives of g7+ countries met in the margins of the MDG Review Summit to present a unified voice on the importance of addressing conflict and fragility in order to achieve the MDGs.
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17-Sep-2010
The DAC Policy Statement on Integrating Biodiversity and Associated Ecosystem Services into Development Co-operation outlines 30 key actions that international donors can help to halt to loss of biodiversity and associated ecosystems. The OECD Development Assistance Committee endorsed this Statement on 15 April, 2010.
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17-Sep-2010
No conflict-affected or fragile state has achieved a single MDG and these countries account for three quarters of the total MDG deficit. A side-event was held at the MDG Review Summit on 20 September to raise awareness about the role conflict, fragility and armed violence play in impeding MDG progress.
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15-Sep-2010
The 2010 Annual Report on Resource Flows to Fragile States serves as a tool to better monitor the levels, timing and composition of resource flows to fragile states, and presents salient facts on aid flows to fragile states, the impact on fragile states of the three crises and the need for a whole-of-government response.
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14-Sep-2010
Thirteen countries have requested to take part in the 2011 round of the monitoring survey of the Fragile States Principles. Preparations are underway. Read more...
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19-Aug-2010
At a 1 March 2010 roundtable, a set of draft strategic principles on international support for elections highlighted the importance of raising discussions around electoral support from a technical to a more strategic level. To this end, these principles will be refined as part of GOVNET’s effort to improve donor support to domestic accountability in time for the 2011 High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness.
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26-Jul-2010
A group of 12 countries met in Accra on 19-20 July 2010 to reflect on their MDG performance and articulate priorities for accelerating progress toward the Millennium Development Goals in preparation for the MDG Summit in September. Participants endorsed the Accra Declaration on achieving the MDGs in crisis settings.
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22-Jul-2010
None of the MDGs will be achieved unless there is greater equality between women and men and increased empowerment of women and girls. It is time to back political promises with the investments and resources needed. Increased investments in four key areas will have catalytic and multiplier effects.
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08-Jul-2010
This study takes stock of how the evaluation function is managed and resourced by the members of the OECD DAC Network on Development Evaluation, with a focus on the role of central evaluation units. The purpose of this endeavour is to inform ongoing efforts to strengthen evaluation systems – in donor and partner countries – to enhance the role of evaluation in contributing to better development results and stronger accountability.
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