Aid Effectiveness
High Level Forums on Aid Effectiveness
Ministers from across the globe, from both developing and donor countries, government representatives, parliamentarians, civil society organisations and private sector representatives come together for the High-Level Forums on Aid Effectiveness. They review global progress in improving the impact and value for money of development aid and make new commitments to further ensure that aid helps reduce poverty and supports progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals. The Fouth High Level Forum will be held in Busan in December 2011.
Previous forums
Accra- Third High Level Forum, September 2008
Paris - Second High Level Forum, March 2005
Rome - First High Level Forum, 2002
What is aid effectiveness?
Aid effectiveness can be defined as the extent to which aid resources, in particular ODA, succeed in producing sustainable development results for poor people.
Aid and Development Effectiveness
The emphasis by donors and governments has however been primarily on issues in aid delivery and its management, and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) argue that a more holistic approach must be adopted in defining aid effectiveness. This approach would put more emphasis on outcomes and impact for the rights of the poor and marginalised. CSOs aim to deepen and broaden reforms for aid effectiveness, and seek to shift the debate to development effectiveness.
2011 OECD Reports on Aid Effectiveness
The report “Aid Effectiveness 2005-2010: Progress in Implementing the Paris Declaration” was released on 22 September by the OECD. The report finds that donors have made less effort and less progress than developing countries in implementing aid effectiveness commitments since 2005, even though the commitments demanded less from donors.
While developing country progress was praised as ‘significant’ in the report, OECD countries, which currently provide the lion’s share of development aid ($120 billion of aid annually), have made disappointing progress in making this significant sum work to address poverty.
Reality Check on the Paris Declaration – Produced by the Reality of Aid Network (January 2007)
New Zealand's Progress
New Zealand met just 2 of its 11 targets for implementing the Paris Declaration, putting it into the bottom quarter of donors for 2009-2010. It appears that the NZAID changes had a sharp effect on aid disbursements in 2010, which was almost certainly reflected in projects being halted at the ground and relationships with in-country organisations being strained. NZ scored the second lowest of OECD countries in aid predictability, with only 56% of scheduled aid disbursements reported as disbursed in 2010.These results warrant a wider discussion and provide a strong basis for NGOs to advocate for greater attention by the Government to meeting its commitments under the Paris Declaration targets. On the positive side, it is pleasing to see that NZ continues to provide untied aid, at 97% for 2009 and that a solid 63% of NZ’s country analysis was coordinated with other donors.
Busan High Level Forum: Deepening and Strengthening the Paris and Accra Agenda for Action and Aid Effectiveness
Update from BetterAid: CSOs on the road to Busan: Key messages and proposals lays out the main demands from civil society organizations (CSOs) in the run up to the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan in November 2011.
Aid Effectiveness and Women's Rights
The Association for Women's Rights in Development prepared a series of papers on Aid Effectiveness and women's rights.
- An Overview of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness & the New Aid Modalities
- Key Official Bodies Related to the Implementation of the Paris Declaration
- Civil Society's Engagement in the Aid Effectiveness Agenda: The Parallel Process, Key Concerns and Recommendations
- Monitoring and Evaluation of the Paris Declaration Implementation
