OECD DACnews: Challenging complexity, growing opportunity – 18/07/2012

As new international development co-operation structures are put in place, the challenges for development policy and programmes continue to grow in complexity. At the same time, new opportunities charged with potential are emerging. The shifting geography of poverty, the promise of green growth, the changing contexts of governance and rule of law, and the increasing…

Interview with Henri Jorritsma, current Vice-Chair of the DAC Evaluation Network

Take a look at our interview with Henri Jorritsma, Deputy Director, Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB), the Netherlands, and current Vice-Chair of the DAC Evaluation Network. Henri discusses the complementarity of learning and accountability, evidence from IOB’s evaluation of budget support in Zambia, the changing development landscape, and more.

OECD-DAC Quality Standards for Development Evaluation

The OECD-DAC Quality Standards for Development Evaluation, built through international consensus, provide a guide to good practice. They are not intended to be used as a development evaluation manual, but they outline the key quality dimensions for each phase of a typical evaluation process: defining purpose, planning, designing, implementing, reporting, and learning from and using…

EADI EDC2020 Publication: Rising Powers and New Global Challenges

EADI: EDC2020 Publication “Rising Powers and New Global Challenges” – Bonn Sustainability Portal. The challenges facing European development cooperation have changed substantially in recent years. Analysts and politicians have commented on the increasing influence of China in Africa and the challenges this poses for EU influence to the EU strategic and policy objectives. In fact,…

DAC aid in 2007 falls by 8.4%

The OECD has just released key data on official development assistance (ODA) in 2007. According to these figures, the 22 member countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC)–the world’s major donors–provided USD 103.7 billion in aid last year. This represents a decrease of 8.4% in real terms over the previous year. The fall was…