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09-Dec-2008
The new Query Wizard for International Development Statistics (QWIDS) is designed to provide easy access to DAC and CRS statistics.
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03-Dec-2008
Most of the poor people in Mali make their living in the agriculture sector - a key sector for the economy as it contributes to 38% of GDP. But the agriculture sector has greater potential and could become the driver of stronger growth that enhances the ability of the poor to participate in and benefit from economic activity. However, new approaches are needed to support the sector and increase productivity which, at the same time, impact on poverty reduction. A POVNET workshop was held in Bamako to help strengthen the contribution that agriculture makes to pro-poor growth in Mali.
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27-Nov-2008
The Overseas Development Institute presents the results of Phase I of a thematic study being undertaken to assess the effectiveness of untied aid. The study is in response to the proposals of the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness and the DAC Network on Development Evaluation and the request in the 2001 DAC
Recommendation to untie Official Development Assistance to the Least Developed Countries for a comprehensive evaluation of its impact by 2009.
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26-Nov-2008
To help ensure that the financial crisis does not create a development crisis, DAC donors have joined in an Aid Pledge – initiated by OECD - reaffirming the aid commitments they made at Gleneagles and elsewhere and agreeing to maintain aid flows consistent with them.
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26-Nov-2008
OECD countries have reaffirmed their commitments on aid to developing countries and undertaken to abstain from trade protectionism, as part of a concerted drive to shore up the world economy and combat recession.
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24-Nov-2008
Aid continued to increase in 2007, once exceptional debt relief is excluded from the figures. But the increase was only 2% on 2006. This is much too slow if donors are to meet their commitments to increase aid by 2010.
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30-Oct-2008
The Secretary-General of OECD, Angel Gurría, and the Chair of OECD’s Development Assistance Committee, Eckhard Deutscher, have issued a call to the world’s main aid donor countries to stand by their development pledges despite the economic slowdown. “Unless we act decisively now, we may not be able to prevent the financial crisis from generating an aid crisis,” Mr Gurría and Mr Deutscher warn.
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24-Sep-2008
This special issue of DACnews reports on the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (Accra, Ghana, 2-4 September), where unprecedented consensus was reached on what is needed to significantly step up aid effectiveness. We explore what it took to make it happen, the important decisions and agreements made there, and one of the highlights of the event: the recording of a special BBC World Debate, live in Accra.
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28-Aug-2008
The OECD-DAC “Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States and Situations” prioritise state building as the central objective of international partnerships in fragile situations. In 2007, the DAC’s Fragile States Group (FSG) initiated a workstream on state building to assist the international community arrive at a more consistent understanding of what state building means. This fact sheet summarises the FSG’s initial findings on the nature of state building in situations of fragility.
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06-Aug-2008
This report aims to fill a significant gap and bring greater clarity to the policy discussion about state building. It offers important insights into the causes and features of fragility, and how states can reach stability and resilience over time. The report highlights that state building needs to be seen in the context of state formation and state-society relations. It provides practical recommendations for donors that wish to support national state-building processes.
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