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01-Sep-2009
This innovative OECD consultant report (commissioned by INCAF and PDG) outlines the options for security and justice service delivery by non-state actors in the post-colonial state. The report is divided into four sections. The report outlines challenges and options and offers recommendations to the development community, by which it can support the post-colonial fragile state to strengthen the delivery of justice and security to all its citizens: Executive Summary and Full Report .
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04-Jun-2009
The 4th and 5th Issues Briefs in the series on aid effectiveness, gender equality and women's empowerment are now available. They outline strategies to assist donors and partners to manage for gender equality results - in donor agencies and in partner countries respectively.
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20-Aug-2009
The implementation of the Paris Declaration for increased aid effectiveness can help to achieve human rights. Equally, the application of human rights to development processes can strengthen the implementation of the Paris Declaration and help to attain its goals. This information sheet outlines key actions that will support this synergistic process.
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20-Aug-2009
This Policy Guidance provides essential information and advice on how to mainstream climate change adaptation into development. The objectives are to promote understanding of the implications of climate change on development, to identify appropriate approaches for integrating adaptation into development policies at national, sectoral, project levels and in urban and rural contexts and to identify practical ways for donors to support developing country partners in their efforts to reduce their vulnerability to climate change.
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29-Jul-2009
This good practice paper sets out eight principles on country-led division of labour and complementarity. Division of labour refers to streamlining and co-ordinating donors’ assistance. Donors are urged in the Paris Declaration to specialise in areas where they have a comparative advantage and to work collaboratively. Also available in French and Spanish.
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29-Jul-2009
Mutual accountability is a concept designed to bring about trust and partnership, whilst achieving development results. The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) includes a commitment to orient the aid relationship towards a more mature partnership aiming at substantially improving development outcomes.
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Tender for work on Armed Violence Reduction mapping study (deadline 10 September 2009)
28-Jul-2009
Tenders are invited for an OECD mapping study on Armed Violence Reduction and Country Case Studies. The request for tender expires on 10 September 2009. You can find full details and instructions by clicking on the following link: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=4140
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23-Jul-2009
Governance, Taxation and Accountability: Issues and Practices provides an overview of the different streams of evidence linking tax policy and governance performance. Not only does it offer insights for the donor community, it explains the need to develop a broad tax base as a means of enhancing the bargaining process between citizens and governments. Finally, it argues that the mobilisation of citizens around taxation issues may be a good avenue to promote further engagement in other public policy matters.
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23-Jul-2009
These Guiding Principles were developed to respond to many of the issues and concerns raised in the Survey of Donor Approaches to Governance Assessment, in order to improve donor impact, usage and harmonisation of governance assessment. They are intended to provide practical advice to governance specialists in donor agencies working on assessments and to donor agency staff working in other sectors who encounter the realities of governance in their work every day. A diverse range of partner country stakeholders involved in assessing governance may also find these principles of value.
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23-Jul-2009
The Sourcebook is a complement to the Principles and is intended to help practitioners navigate the universe of tools and methodologies available in this field. It will be maintained virtually as a living resource on the GOVNET site. It is a compilation of existing donor methodologies and includes links to other related sources.
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Events
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on 19-Jan-2009
OECD Development Centre Economist Christian Daude presented the main conclusions of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2009 to a selected audience of academics and policymakers in Berlin, on 19 January 2009, at a seminar hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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on 28-Jan-2009
New OECD DAC publication on gender and security system reform (SSR), entitled "Integrating Gender Awareness and Equality" will provide practical guidance on how to integrate a gender perspective in SSR processes and address programming gaps in this area.
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on 26-Jan-2009
La crise financière globale, qui n’a pas épargné les économies Latino-américaines et Carïbéennes, a conduit les décideurs politiques et des hommes d'affaires à se rassembler à Paris le 26 janvier pour discuter des perspectives économiques de la région, l'impact des politiques fiscales sur le développement et le rôle que le secteur privé peut jouer pour encourager le progrès sur le continent.
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on 26-Jan-2009
As the global financial crisis hits Latin American and Caribbean economies, leading policymakers and business leaders gathered in Paris on 26 January to discuss the region's economic outlook, the impact of fiscal policy on development and the role the private sector can play in fostering progress in the continent.
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on 15-Dec-2008
Le Centre de développement et la Banque Africaine de Développement ont convié des spécialistes des TIC à contribuer à la préparation de la thématique des PEA 2009 lors d'une réunion durant laquelle ils débateront des progrès accomplis dans le déploiement des TIC au service du développement, de l'étendu et de la pérennité de la contribution du secteur à la croissance en Afrique, et des bonnes pratiques en matière de politiques publiques, avant de proposer des recommendations pour surmonter les obstacles futurs.
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on 27-Jan-2009
Dans le cadre de leur partenariat sur les Perspectives Economiques en Afrique, le Centre de développement a invité la Banque Africaine de Développement à présenter son Rapport sur le Développement en Afrique 2008/2009 à l'OCDE le 27 janvier 2009. Le thème de cette édition, qui paraitra le 26 janvier, est Règlement des Conflits, Paix et Reconstruction. Le Rapport arrive au moment où plusieurs longs conflits viennent de s'achever mais où un certain nombre de pays continuent de connaître des conflits violents ou sont menacés par l’éclatement de nouveaux conflits.
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on 27-Jan-2009
Within the framework of their collaboration on the African Economic Outlook, the Development Centre has invited the African Development Bank to present its African Development Report 2008/2009 at the OECD on 27 January 2009. The theme of this year's edition, to be officially launched on the 26th, is Conflict Resolution, Peace and Reconstruction. The report comes in the wake of the termination of several prolonged conflicts but also at a time when a number of countries are still experiencing violent conflict while others now face the threat of its occurrence.
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on 12-Feb-2009
Almost 300 participants from Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific region stressed that the financial and economic crisis reinforces the urgent need for comprehensive migration policies with a global approach. There was concurrence that well-managed labour migration can be advantageous for destination countries and bring significant benefits to origin countries thus contributing to poverty reduction. Participants called upon governments to develop coherent migration policies that take into account the development needs of both origin and receiving countries.
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on 15-Dec-2008
The Development Centre and the African Development Bank are inviting ICT specialists to contribute their expertise to the preparation of the thematic focus of the African Economic Outlook 2009. They will reflect on the progress achieved in deploying ICT for development, assess the extent and sustainability of the sector’s contribution to Africa’s growth, review best practices in public policies, regulation and financing, and provide recommendations for meeting future challenges.
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The Joint Venture on Public Financial Management (PFM) held a consultative meeting on Public Financial Management on the 27th of May 2008. The meeting was hosted by the South African Treasury and the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) based in Pretoria.
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