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African Economic Outlook 2007 : launch date is announced

26-Mar-2007

The 2007 edition of the African Economic Outlook (AEO 2007) will be launched for the media on 14 May at the OECD Forum in Paris. The 2007 edition, covering 31 African countries, provides a special focus on water and sanitation.

Perspectives Economiques en Afrique : la date de publication est annoncée

26-Mar-2007

La présentation du livre Perspectives Économiques en Afrique (PEA 2007) aura lieu le 14 mai 2007 au Forum de l’OCDE à Paris. L’édition 2007 du PEA, comprenant l'analyse de la situation économique de 31 pays Africains, met en exergue l’accès à l’eau potable et l’assainissement.

Pilot Orientation Workshops

27-Feb-2007

Regional workshops in Anglophone Africa, Asia and Francophone Africa have been organised to provide guidance for national coordinators of each pilot country on the overall process and expected timelines of the joint venture pilot exercise.

More effort needed to reach foreign aid targets, says OECD Report

22-Feb-2007

Aid donors will have to increase funding for aid programmes faster that any other public expenditure in order to fulfil their commitments to increase aid to $130 billion and double aid to Africa by 2010, says the OECD’s Development Co-operation Report. Aid funding, recently rising by 5% per year, would have to rise by 11% every year from 2008 to 2010.

Implementing OECD's Policy Framework for Investment

09-Feb-2007

Adopted in May 2006, the Policy Framework for Investment (PFI) was designed as a flexible instrument that governments can adapt to their specific circumstances, objectives and needs while at the same time providing a common platform for dialogue and peer learning.  The PFI is being put into action through regional investment initiatives, investment policy peer reviews, and by international organisations working with developing countries.

Quelle politique de réendettement pour les pays africains après une decennie de remise de dette ? (Repère n° 36)

19-Jan-2007

La mise en œuvre successive des plans d'allègement de la dette PPTE et IADM ont permis de réduire considérablement la charge du service de la dette pour les pays africains qui en ont bénéficié. Dotés d'une solvabilité restaurée et par ailleurs confrontés à des besoins de financement importants, ces pays souhaitent désormais se ré-endetter. Ce Repère dont la publication fait suite à un séminaire d'experts consacré aux économies africaines et organisé conjointement le 8 juin 2006 par l'AFD et le Centre de Développement, évalue les conditions d'un tel processus de ré-endettement.

Base de données Egalité homme/femme, Institutions et Développement (EID)

18-Jan-2007

La base de données Égalité homme-femme, Institutions et Développement (EID) représente un nouvel instrument pour les chercheurs et responsables politiques qui leur permet de connaître et d’analyser les obstacles à la participation des femmes au développement économique. Mise à jour et maintenant disponible par le system de l'OCDE dot-stat.

Report from the Latin American and Caribbean regional workshop on Harmonisation and Alignment

17-Jan-2007

The Regional Workshop on Harmonization and Alignment for Latin America and the Caribbean: Exercising Leadership to Accelerate Change, was held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on October 9 through 11, 2006. This workshop was to review and reinforce the implementation of the Paris Declaration at the country level.

DAC Evaluation Quality Standards (for test phase application)

20-Dec-2006

The DAC Evaluation Quality Standards identify the key pillars needed for a quality evaluation process and product. They have been prepared by DAC members in order to define member countries' expectations of evaluation processes, and evaluation products.
 

Pilot countries selected

19-Dec-2006

 22 countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean have been selected as pilot countries in the Pilot Exercise. The purpose of this exercise is to field test the new, common methodology under different country conditions in order to improve the quality and the usefulness of the methodology and to support an improved policy dialogue between partner countries and their development partners about procurement reforms and capacity development.




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