With food security rising to the top of development agendas, the DAC EVALNET decided to take stock of evaluation evidence. A systematic review, commissioned by IOB Netherlands, examines evidence on the impact of interventions aimed at improving food security through agriculture production, value chain development, market reform and land tenure. The findings are summarised in… Continue reading Evaluation Insights on Food Security – DAC EvalNet
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I started a site covering the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4), Busan, Korea, 29 November to 1 December 2011. Busan, Korea, 29 November to 1 December 2011 via Development Effectiveness | weitzenegger.de.
Development Partners to join in Busan HLF-4 for more Effectiveness | www.weitzenegger.de
Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) Busan, Korea, 29 November to 1 December 2011 At the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness approximately 2000 delegates from 160 governments, parliaments, international organisations, civil society and the private sector will review global progress in improving the impact and value for money of development aid… Continue reading Development Partners to join in Busan HLF-4 for more Effectiveness | www.weitzenegger.de
Development Partners to join in Busan HLF-4 for more Effectiveness | www.weitzenegger.de
Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) Busan, Korea, 29 November to 1 December 2011 At the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness approximately 2000 delegates from 160 governments, parliaments, international organisations, civil society and the private sector will review global progress in improving the impact and value for money of development aid… Continue reading Development Partners to join in Busan HLF-4 for more Effectiveness | www.weitzenegger.de
Key Documents and Websites to follow the HLF-4
A collection of useful and key documents on Aid Effectiveness are openly available on this OECD page http://tinyurl.com/6awtvd6 to read, reproduce, quote or disseminate in view of making information on Aid Effectiveness, as well as the work of the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness. Official Event Site http://www.aideffectiveness.org/busanHLF-4/ Official OECD Site http://tinyurl.com/3zemvor UN Aid Effectiveness… Continue reading Key Documents and Websites to follow the HLF-4
Green and growth go together, says OECD
The OECD Green Growth Strategy , and the new report, Towards Green Growth, provide a practical framework for governments to boost economic growth and protect the environment. Governments must look to the green economy to find new sources of growth and jobs. They should put in place policies that tap into the innovation, investment and… Continue reading Green and growth go together, says OECD
OECD launches Your Better Life Index
OECD – Wikiprogress.org. The OECD Better Life Initiative includes an interactive tool, Your Better Life Index, which enables users to rate their country according to the things they feel make for a better life. The index allows users to compare well-being across 34 countries, based on 11 dimensions identified by the OECD as crucial. The… Continue reading OECD launches Your Better Life Index
OECD: Green and growth go together
OECD work on green growth. Governments must look to the green economy to find new sources of growth and jobs. They should put in place policies that tap into the innovation, investment and entrepreneurship driving the shift towards a greener economy. Green growth makes economic as well as environmental sense. In natural resource sectors alone,… Continue reading OECD: Green and growth go together
New OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Ministers from OECD and developing economies will today agree new guidelines to promote more responsible business conduct by multinational enterprises, and a second set of guidance to limit the use of conflict minerals. Forty-two countries will commit to new, tougher standards of corporate behaviour in the updated Guidelines for Multinational… Continue reading New OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
OECD Factsheet: Managing Joint Evaluations
This factsheet answers basic questions, like: What is joint evaluation? When are joint approaches more (or less) suitable? And, what are the potential benefits and challenges?.
Donors' mixed aid performance for 2010 sparks concern
Aid to developing countries in 2010 will reach record levels in dollar terms after increasing by 35 per cent since 2004. But it will still be less than the world’s major aid donors promised five years ago at the Gleneagles and Millennium + 5 summits. Though a majority of countries will meet their commitments, the… Continue reading Donors' mixed aid performance for 2010 sparks concern
OECD establishes tax and development task force
With developing countries and other key stakeholders – including NGOs and business – as members, the Task Force will develop clear and effective mechanisms to make progress in the field of tax and development. It will convene in early 2010 as an informal group representative of all stakeholders, to develop clear and effective mechanisms for… Continue reading OECD establishes tax and development task force
Development Aid at its highest level ever in 2008
In 2008, total net official development assistance (ODA) from members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rose by 10.2% in real terms to USD 119.8 billion. This is the highest dollar figure ever recorded. It represents 0.30% of members’ combined gross national income. Bilateral development projects and programmes have been on a rising trend… Continue reading Development Aid at its highest level ever in 2008
Key reading on ex-ante Poverty Impact Assessment
Promoting Pro-Poor growth: A Practical Guide to ex-ante Poverty Impact Assessment http://www.oecd.org/document/… This practical guide, developed by the DAC Network on Poverty Reduction (POVNET), is designed to help staff in developing countries and in aid agencies to plan and execute PIAs and to interpret their findings, the ultimate goal being to design and implement more… Continue reading Key reading on ex-ante Poverty Impact Assessment
OECD countries reaffirmed commitments to open trade and aid
OECD countries have pledged to abstain from trade protectionism as part of a concerted drive to shore up the world economy and combat recession. They also have reaffirmed their commitments on aid to developing countries. Already in November 2008, at a meeting of the OECD’s Executive Committee in Special Session, OECD countries agreed to sustain… Continue reading OECD countries reaffirmed commitments to open trade and aid
OECD publishes Principles and guidelines to promote sustainable lending practices in the provision of Official Export Credits to Low Income Countries
The provision of official export credits to public and publicly guaranteed buyers in low income countries should reflect Sustainable Lending practices (lending that supports a borrowing country’s economic and social progress without endangering its financial future and long-term development prospects). Export Credits Guarantees (ECG) Members agree to apply principles to obtain reasonable assurances that their… Continue reading OECD publishes Principles and guidelines to promote sustainable lending practices in the provision of Official Export Credits to Low Income Countries
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