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21-May-2008
On 21/5/08 the Swedish Minister for Development Co-operation Gunilla Carlsson presented MDG3 champion torches to the OECD’s Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, and to the Chair of the DAC, Eckhard Deutscher. The presentation was part of the Danish government’s MDG3 Global Call to Action to increase international support and investments in the achievement of gender equality and women's empowerment (MDG3). The last of 100 torches will be presented to the UN Secretary-General on 25 September.
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05-May-2008
Security System Reform in-country consultations have been launched by the OECD to close the gap between policy and practice and influence results on the ground.
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23-Apr-2008
The DAC Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management has been published in Arabic, in collaboration with the evaluation departments of the African Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and the DAC Evaluation Network. The glossary is now available in thirteen languages. It is expected that the glossary will facilitate and improve dialogue and understanding among those involved in development evaluation. It should serve as a valuable reference guide in practical development work as well as in evaluation training.
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21-Apr-2008
In 2007, the Government of Malawi undertook a capacity assessment of the country's public procurement system using the OECD-DAC Methodology for Assessment of National Procurement Systems in combination with the UNDP Approach to Procurement Capacity Assessment.
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16-Apr-2008
These studies are designed to identify ways of strengthening arrangements for the governance of aid at international levels to reinforce country level arrangements for mutual accountability as set out in the Paris Declaration commitments.
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11-Apr-2008
This workshop shared the emerging analysis and experiences at field-level and identified and “show-cased” case studies of direct relevance to the themes of the September 2008 High Level Forum (HLF-3) in Accra,which will review progress in implementing the Paris Declaration.
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08-Apr-2008
As growing shares of aid resources, time and energy are being devoted to preventing conflict and building peace, more evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of these activities is essential. To support lesson learning and improve impact, a draft guidance on evaluating these activities has been developed. During an application period all those interested are encouraged to use the guidance and provide feedback on experiences. Feedback will be a valuable input to the final product.
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07-Apr-2008
The overall purpose of the evaluation of the Paris Declaration is to assess the relevance and effectiveness of the Declaration and its contribution to development aid. The evaluation will consider qualitative aspects, building on and complementing the quantitative information obtained through the monitoring of the Paris Declaration. The first phase of the evaluation process is underway and is expected to be completed in 2008.
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04-Apr-2008
Development aid in 2007 indicates that the 22 member countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, the world’s major donors, provided USD 103.7 billion in aid in 2007.
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02-Apr-2008
Growth alone is not enough to meet MDG poverty reduction targets in Cambodia. Most poor people still live in rural areas and have not benefited sufficiently from the growth process driven by garment exports, tourism and construction. Expanding and maintaining infrastructure assets is central to making growth more pro poor. Priority areas where development partners can help Cambodia to increase the impact of infrastructure on pro-poor growth include supporting a country led implementation framework, aligning their programmes with it, and developing infrastructure maintenance systems.
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