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Ahead of major conferences on aid effectiveness in Accra and development finance in Doha, policy makers are bracing themselves for a busy 2008. The OECD Development Centre will be equally busy, organising the 2nd Annual Plenary of the OECD Global Forum on Development, launching its annual "Financing Development", and hosting the Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators. Find out more.
What's new
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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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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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11-Jan-2008
After a slow start, public awareness about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is rising steadily in OECD countries, especially where publicity campaigns are run. Our study of three OECD countries shows that successful MDG campaigns are long-term, funded adequately, and involve local authorities, civil society organisations and the private sector.
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11-Jan-2008
In November 2007, the members of the Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators met in Lisbon for two days of brainstorming about the current state and future of development communication. The summary report gives an overview of the discussions and projects for the coming year.
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28-Nov-2007
Our second newsletter on Financing Development covers the Development Centre's latest work on developing-country ownership, debt sustainability, communication about aid effectiveness and more.
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14-Nov-2007
In a new G24 Policy Brief, Development Centre counsellor Helmut Reisen argues that China is actually improving debt ratios in Africa by stimulating exports, infrastructure investment and growth. He sees no evidence of China “free riding” on debt relief by OECD donors, as the bulk of its lending goes to resource-rich countries that did not benefit from debt relief.
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15-Oct-2007
How can the results and effectiveness of development cooperation be better communicated by donors? The participants of the 19th Annual Meeting of the DevCom Network will deal with different dimensions of this question on 6 and 7 November 2007 in Lisbon (Portugal). In the lead-up to this event, the Development Centre is pleased to present revamped web pages with public opinion data and analysis and information about the DevCom network's activities.
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05-Oct-2007
Everyone agrees that developing-country ownership is a condition for effective development finance. But examples of true ownership are rare. Our Global Forum Workshop on Ownership in Practice (27-28 Sept. 2007) left us with a rich set of case studies, messages and policy recommendations, in time for major international conferences in Accra (Ghana) and Doha (Qatar) next year.
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07-Aug-2007
The first edition of our Financing Newsletter has just been launched and covers August-October.
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18-Jul-2007
Year II of the OECD Global Forum on Development is now underway, with "ownership" as its leading theme. Our next Workshop, on "Ownership in Practice", will ask how developing countries - and their citizens - can take the lead in tracking, managing and making the most of their development finance flows.
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27-Apr-2007
Aid alone cannot finance development; new actors and fresh sources of finance are essential complements to it. This highly stimulating book takes a deep look at the changes in the "international development finance architecture".
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from 03-Jul-2006 to 04-Jul-2006
This experts' workshop organised by the Development Centre in collaboration with DAC/DCD kick-started the Global Forum on Development. Experts were invited to brainstorm on a range of issues and identify those which could be taken forward in the Global Forum process.
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22-May-2006
African countries are not simply spectators to the economic rise of China and India, they are party to it. This book demonstrates how the growing economic power of China and India is already influencing the growth patterns of African countries, particularly oil- and commodities-exporting ones.
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28-Nov-2005
Southern Africa suffers from disproportionately expensive capital and this is denying the region its full growth potential. This book presents ideas and proposals reducing the cost of capital in the region.
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19-Jul-2005
Cancelling debt for poor countries is all very well, but the role of soft loans in spurring development and eradicating poverty should not be overlooked.
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25-May-2005
With the emergence of China and India in the world economy ever more manifest, Africa’s economy and polity will be affected in various, complex ways. The interactions between the Asian giants and Africa are bound to intensify even if the recent period of supercharged growth in the former countries is unlikely to be sustained.
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20-May-2005
Limited access to finance is a major obstacle to development of SMEs in Africa as their inherent higher perceived risk makes financial institutions reluctant to lend to them and adequate financial instruments lack.
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