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OECD work on development is carried out primarily by the Development Co-operation Directorate/DAC, the Development Centre, the Sahel & West Africa Club/SWAC and the Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members/CCNM. These four entities work toward contributing to the development of both OECD members and non-members. The large number of themes (listed on the left) reflects the variety and ever increasing areas of work of these OECD bodies as they seek to respond to the global policy concerns of the development world.
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from 11-Nov-2009 to 12-Nov-2009
African ministers and business leaders will meet in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11-12 November to discuss how African countries can exit the financial crisis and build stronger and more sustainable economies at the NEPAD-OECD ministerial and roundtable.
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08-Oct-2009
This issue of DACnews zeroes in on two important areas of attention for the development community: conflict and dialogue. It takes a look at how the reality of conflict impinges on development, and vice versa. It also focuses on the growing complexity of the development landscape, and how increasing dialogue is helping to build a road on common ground.
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on 03-Sep-2009
The Africa Partnership Forum held a Special Session on Climate Change on 3 September 2009 at UNECA headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This event addressed Africa’s key concerns and expectations in the run up to the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15) in December 2009.
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01-Oct-2009
The tsunamis that hit Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, Typhoon Kesanta in the Philippines and Mekong region, and recent earthquakes in Indonesia are salient reminders of the need to better integrate disaster risk reduction into development practices. As relief efforts start up, evaluations of past disaster responses can provide informative lessons.
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25-Sep-2009
Policy conditions placed on aid rarely improve its impact on growth and human development. However, donors continue to place significant conditions on their giving. A new study by Development Centre Senior Economist Andy Mold calls for more modesty from the donor community when defining “good” and “bad” practices, and concludes that the financial crisis should act as a catalyst for a thorough re-examination of aid conditionality. Recipient countries need to say ‘no’ more often to aid with excessive strings attached.
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02-Oct-2009
Discover the latest edition of the "OECD Journal: General papers", edited by Kiichiro Fukasaku, that includes articles on commercial agriculture in Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia.
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09-Jul-2009
Sweden spent USD 4.73 billion on overseas development assistance (ODA) in 2008. This amounted to 0.98% of its gross national income (GNI), making Sweden the most generous DAC donor countries as a proportion of its economy. This is particularly laudable in a time of global recession.
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02-Jul-2009
All countries need to trade, with their neighbours and globally, to sustain long-term economic growth. Some low-income countries lack the instutitions, infrastructure and supply-side capacity to benefit from open markets and lift their people out of poverty.
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on 05-Jun-2009
On Friday 5 June 2009, most of the 600 participants in the IXth International Economic Forum on Africa entered the congress hall willing to challenge the high-level invited panelists. There were very critical questions stating that the majority of the benefits of the economic growth goes to foreign multinationals. The panelists reacted that economic indicators demonstrated gains in employment, economic growth and macroeconomic stability. Couldn't make it? Revisit the event online!
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