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09-Sep-2008
OECD Development Centre researcher Rolando Avendaño made a presentation based on the Centre's resent work on the macro management of commodity booms in Africa and Latin America at the UNU-WIDER meeting on Southern engines of global growth that took place on 5-6 September in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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02-Sep-2008
In this article published by the CEPAL Review, OECD Development Centre Director Javier Santiso analyses how Latin American multinationals, or multilatinas, compete with the largest conglomerates from the developed world in terms of their manufacturing and financial strength.
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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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01-Aug-2008
Mokoro and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) drafted a stocktake paper which identifies and analyses donor approaches to managing risks when using country systems, the range of benefits from using country systems recognized by donors and the different types of relationships between risks and benefits recognized by donors. The stocktake was commissioned by DFID to feed into the Joint Venture on Public Financial Management’s report on the Use of Country Systems in Public Financial Management. The Stocktake Report is available here.
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30-Jul-2008
In this edition: Inclusive Globalisation; Creating More and Better Jobs; Can the Internet Make the World a Better Place?; Informal Employment in Romania
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25-Jul-2008
The PFM Flash Report offers information about activities under, or relevant for, the PFM Support Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The 2008 Report is dedicated to experiences with the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability initiative at five Dutch Embassies in partner countries.
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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.
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24-Jul-2008
These Issues Briefs examine the connections between gender equality, women’s empowerment and aid effectiveness. They are intended for programme managers and thematic advisors in donor agencies. (Also available in French and Spanish.)
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23-Jul-2008
The purpose of this project, funded by the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands, has been to build an evidence base on the relationship between human rights, social exclusion and gender equality and the aid effectiveness agenda as set out in the Paris Declaration.
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