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Kick-off for the Perspectives on Global Development

28-Jan-2009

In the past decade, the combination of high raw material costs and low capital costs has underpinned strong growth performance and rising foreign exchange reserves in most developing countries. But growth was also accompanied by increasing concerns over resource scarcity, increasing inequality and sharply rising food and fuel prices. On both a political and economic level, tensions heightened between Western governments and some of the new emergent powers.

The Poor Must Not Pay for the Crisis

05-Dec-2008

Renewed ODA commitments by the aid community –in line with the OECD’s call for an aid pledge–, greater regulatory independence in the governance of the international financial system, and higher quotas for emerging economies in regional development banks: these are some of the proposals that came to light at the OECD Global Forum on Development on the implications of the crisis for development finance.

Development Centre contributes to Accra High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

10-Sep-2008

A year of work on the “ownership” principle of effective aid has taught us: the best development policies have buy-in from citizens, parliaments and other groups, not just from central government. Moreover, they are not just home-owned, but home-grown. Our publications and events on "ownership" have been core ingredients of last weeks discussions on the issue at the Accra High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (2-4 September).

Have your say on www.whoseownership.org

24-Jul-2008

The principle of “ownership” will be at the heart of intergovernmental talks on aid effectiveness in Accra this September. Ahead of the Forum, the governments of Colombia and Switzerland, together with the OECD Development Centre, would welcome your views on how to put the principle into practice. With just one month to go before the Forum, this may be your last chance to contribute to its preparations.

Out now: "Financing Development 2008: Whose Ownership?"

29-May-2008

This book poses fundamental questions about the international "non-system" of development finance. Who really "owns" development policies? Aid-recipient countries or donor agencies? Governments or their citizens? And, with non-governmental donors growing in size, how are they applying widely recognised principles of effective aid?

Business for Development 2008 Hits the Road

06-May-2008

The 2008 edition of Business for Development - Promoting Commercial Agriculture in Africa - featuring a business perspective on African agriculture, has been launched on 26 May in Japan.

Fostering think tanks in developing countries

30-Apr-2008

The OECD Development Centre held a high-level meeting with think tanks, official donors and private foundations on how endowments and long-term core-funding support can foster independent, policy-oriented research in developing countries. The main conclusions of the session will be presented at the 2nd Plenary of the Global Forum on Development, on 20 May 2008.

Japan-OECD-Vietnam Public Private Partnership Forum

29-Feb-2008

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) is becoming increasingly important as a means to finance and provide the range of services needed to sustain growth and poverty reduction.  In recognition of this, the Government of Vietnam and the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan are hosting a forum in Hanoi on 3d March.  Development Centre’s Counsellor, Kiichiro Fukasaku, has been invited to provide a review of policy issues in this area.

2008: A Milestone Year for Financing Development

28-Nov-2007

Our second newsletter on Financing Development covers the Development Centre's latest work on developing-country ownership, debt sustainability, communication about aid effectiveness and more.

Does China Actually Improve Debt Sustainability in Africa?

14-Nov-2007

In a new G24 Policy Brief, Development Centre counsellor Helmut Reisen argues that China is actually improving debt ratios in Africa by stimulating exports, infrastructure investment and growth. He sees no evidence of China “free riding” on debt relief by OECD donors, as the bulk of its lending goes to resource-rich countries that did not benefit from debt relief.




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