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News & Events
News
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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
This study is designed to identify ways of strengthening arrangements for the governance of aid at international level to reinforce country level arrangements for mutual accountability as set out in the Paris commitments.
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14-Apr-2008
Javier Santiso, Directeur du Centre de développement de l’OCDE, a participé, en compagnie de hauts responsables politiques et cadres dirigeant d’entreprises, à la rencontre annuelle du Forum Économique Mondial sur l’Amérique latine pour débattre des problèmes les plus pressants auxquels la région est confrontée. Cette rencontre, qui s'est tenue à Cancun le 15 Avril dernier, a également été l’occasion de présenter les Perspectives économiques de l’Amérique latine.
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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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10-Apr-2008
The ODA figures for 2007 show that donors face a real challenge in meeting their aid commitments. Political will and high public support are indispensible if donors want to live up to their promises. Discussions in the DevCom Network show that publics care most about the concrete results of development aid. In order to better integrate how agencies manage for and communicate about results, the DevCom Network and the Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results are teaming up for a meeting in Berlin on 19-20 May to address this issue.
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10-Apr-2008
In this edition: Launch of Wikigender; Presentation of "Migration and Developing Countries" in Mexico; Working Paper on "Household Structures and Saving"; Upcoming Events and Conferences.
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09-Apr-2008
OECD Development Centre Director, Javier Santiso, joined high-level policymakers and business leaders to discuss Latin America’s most pressing issues at the World Economic Forum on Latin America annual meeting. The Latin American Economic Outlook has also been discussed at this year’s gathering in Cancún, last 15, April.
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Events
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on 07-May-2008
OECD-World Bank Policy Forum on "Creating more and better Jobs: What do we know? What can be done?" in Rabat, Morocco.
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from 05-May-2008 to 07-May-2008
The third meeting of the Joint Venture on Procurement will take place in Arusha from 5 – 7 May, at the invitation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Development Bank. This meeting will bring together procurement professionals and interested development practioners from multilateral and bilateral development organisations and from partner countries around the world. The meeting will take place in the context of implementing the procurement-related aspects of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. (español)
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from 27-Mar-2008 to 28-Mar-2008
What can developing countries do to attract more and better investment? And how can the momentum of investment globalisation be maintained amid rising protectionism?
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Since the late 1970s, China has learnt much from the successes and failures of its diverse domestic poverty reduction initiatives. Despite the political, socio-cultural and demographic differences, many of these lessons can also be applied in Africa.
The DAC Network on Poverty Reduction (POVNET) and the Chinese government organised a workshop February 21 to review China’s experience in poverty reduction, concluding that increased cooperation between the DAC members and China would be beneficial for both sides.
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from 28-Feb-2008 to 29-Feb-2008
At this Roundtable, co-organised in Geneva with the World Economic Forum, senior executives identified which private financial flows are most effective in stimulating economic growth and poverty reduction. They also discussed how donors can help catalyse these flows.
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on 21-Feb-2008
What benefits would the Internet bring to the developing world? And what impact would the arrival of several billion new users have on the Internet as we know it today? Click here to read the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economist Sam Paltridge.
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on 14-Feb-2008
Has development aid improved the lives of people living in developing countries over the past five years? Yes, says OECD's latest Development Co-operation Report, but slowly.
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on 14-Feb-2008
The French edition of this publications was officially launched at the Agence française de développement (AFD) on 14 February 2008.
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from 27-Mar-2008 to 28-Mar-2008
Organised in Paris on 27-28 March 2008, this year's Global Forum focused on best practices in promoting investment for development. The opening session was a ministerial roundtable discussion on the political economy of investment policy reform co-chaired by the Secretaries-General of the OECD and UNCTAD. This event brought together the global network of policy makers, academics, business leaders, labour representatives, and members of civil society dealing with the policy challenges of international investment.
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This brochure provides an overview of the OECD’s work with Africa
OECD and Africa
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