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Using ODA to promote private investment for development: policy guidance for donors
Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2006This report provides guidance to members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on using ODA more effectively to mobilise private investment for development (investment-enhancing ODA).DocumentReport on aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries
European Parliament, 2006This Report from the European Parliament’s Committee on Development calls on the Commission to focus address the issue of corruption and aid.DocumentReport on DFID’s response to the Indian Ocean disaster
Department for International Development, UK, 2006This report summarises the response of DFID to the Asian Tsunami relief effort. Its aim is to explore the lessons learned from DFID’s response and to use that information to improve current and future services.DocumentWhat would doubling aid do for macroeconomic management in Africa?
Overseas Development Institute, 2006This briefing paper outlines challenges and recommendations for macro-economic management of increased aid flows for sub-Saharan Africa. It outlines four combinations of policies that donor countries can chose when met with increased aid flows:neither absorb the foreign exchange nor spend the counterpart. The aid is saved, with the foreign exchange added to reserves.DocumentPromoting mutual accountability in aid relationships
Overseas Development Institute, 2006Argues that by enhancing mutual accountability the aid community and recipient governments can:begin to address the power imbalances intrinsic in aid relationshipsfocus aid resources on commonly defined objectivesallow recipient governments to influence donor behaviourmakes aid more responsive to local needs and prioritiesRecommendations for donors include:suppoDocumentEvaluation of general budget support: synthesis report
DAC Network on Development Evaluation, 2006OECD donor countries now channel about US$ 5 billion (some 5 per cent of their aid) directly to the budgets of developing country governments.This report reflects findings from an evaluation conducted by the OECD DAC to assess to what extent, and under what circumstances, General Budget Support (GBS) is relevant, efficient and effective for achieving sustainable impacts on poverty reduction and gDocumentEU aid: genuine leadership or misleading figures?: an independent analysis of European aid figures
European Network on Debt and Development, 2006In 2002 European governments set themselves a collective target of providing 0.39% of their gross national income (GNI) for Official Development Assistance (ODA) by 2006 and individual minimum targets for each country of 0.33% of ODA/GNI by 2006.DocumentEvaluating humanitarian action using the OECD-DAC criteria: an ALNAP guide for humanitarian agencies
Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, 2006This guide provides practical support on how to use the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria in evaluation of humanitarian action (EHA).DocumentThe Palestinian war-torn economy: aid, development and state formation
United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2006This study considers the background to the Palestinian Authority (PA), institution building and reform and development policy. The authors recommend that the PA complement short-term emergency responses with long-term planning and policies that focus on poverty reduction and employment growth.DocumentForeign aid policy and sources of poverty: a quantitative framework
International Monetary Fund, 2006The argues that aid effectiveness must be assessed using methods that go beyond cross-country regressions. The paper proposes that dynamic general equilibrium models be used to help evaluate the conditions that are associated with aid to poor countries.Pages