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News
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04-Jun-2008
The Latin American Economic Outlook team presented the main conclusions of its 2008 report and some preliminary findings of the 2009 study at a seminar in Berlin hosted by the Bertelsmann Foundation, on June 5.
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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?
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15-May-2008
The Latin America & Caribbean desk of the OECD Development Centre is looking for two Macroeconomists for a 2-year fixed-term position (with the possibility of renewal). Candidates with a proven knowledge of Latin American economies and other emerging markets, and a keen interest in how development policies can be made more effective, should apply via the OECD general job vacancies system (www.oecd.org/hrm/vacancies - Reference 2695) by 30 May 2008.
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13-May-2008
Africa’s average real GDP grew by 5.7 per cent in 2007. The 2008 African Economic Outlook report , jointly published by the African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre and the UNECA expects the rate of GDP growth to strengthen to about 6 per cent in 2008 and in 2009.
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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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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.
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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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Events
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on 30-Nov-2007
As part of its efforts to promote coherent policies for development, the OECD is organising a workshop on how issues beyond aid policies impact development. Conference will address issues related to internet, innovation and development outcomes as well as the nexus between migration policies and development.
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on 08-Dec-2007
The EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon featured a presentation of the African Economic Outlook (AEO). The side event “Measuring the Pulse of Africa: the African Economic Outlook” was co-organised by the OECD Development Centre and the African Development Bank at the invitation of the Portuguese Institute for Development Cooperation (IPAD).
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on 10-Dec-2007
This meeting brought together experts, representatives of government and the private sector, both from Africa and OECD countries, to exchange views on the key issues and challenges facing African countries in promoting technical skills development.
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from 27-Nov-2007 to 29-Nov-2007
Ministers from Middle East and North African countries and from OECD countries will meet in Cairo on 28-29 November to discuss progress in reforms to encourage investment and improve public governance in the MENA region.
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from 27-Nov-2007 to 29-Nov-2007
Ministers from Middle East and North African countries and from OECD countries will meet in Cairo on 28-29 November to discuss progress in reforms to encourage investment and improve public governance in the MENA region.
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from 12-Nov-2007 to 13-Nov-2007
How can African agriculture contribute more effectively to economic development and poverty reduction? Experts and government officials will be addressing such challenges at a meeting in Rome organised by the OECD, the World Bank, and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 12-13 November 2007.
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on 22-Oct-2007
This is the theme of a high-level informal seminar organised by the OECD Development Centre on next Monday 22 October 2007 afternoon, whose scope is encouraging informal dialogue and exchange between emerging economies operators and African operators on the actual ways of implementing the economic co-operation
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from 13-Sep-2007 to 14-Sep-2007
An international workshop was organised to provide guidance and orientation to partner countries who have agreed to use the Joint Venture's procurement assessment methodology as part of the 2008 field survey exercise. This data will be included in the 2008 Monitoring Report for the Paris Declaration
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on 01-Oct-2007
This event, jointly organised by the OECD and the UNDP, gathered several ministers from the founding countries of the Partnership for Democratic Governance. This new multilateral initiative is designed to support emerging democracies in building their governance capacity and improving essential services delivery to their citizens.
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