Development Effectiveness
Development Effectiveness is about the impact of the actions of development actors, including international aid, on improving the lives of the poor and marginalised. Development effectiveness promotes sustainable change, within a democratic framework, that addresses the causes as well as the symptoms of poverty, inequality and marginalisation. The focus for international dialogue on effectiveness has begun to shift from aid effectiveness to development effectiveness, in line with the argument put forward by CSOs that effective development requires more than just effective institutional aid.
Source: BetterAid
Istanbul Principles: The International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness was agreed in Siem Reap June 28-30 2011. The framework is built on the Istanbul Principles for CSO Development Effectivenss. Please read the handy one-pager on the Istanbul Principles, or browse the full International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness document.
Busan High Level Forum: CSOs call on all governments involved in the Busan Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness this December to acknowledge the outcomes of Open Forum processes and endorse the Istanbul Principles as an essential basis for their policies of engagement and support of civil society in development. CSOs on the road to Busan: Key messages and proposals
CID is working hard with other platforms especially in the Pacific to bring a united and therefore compelling case for government acknowledgement of the Istanbul Principles of development effectiveness.
Where did Development Effectiveness come from? Development effectiveness first emerged at Accra and is a civil society (CSO) led movement trying to expand the development industry's attention from aid effectiveness (primarliy related to the transfer of funds) toward the causes of poverty, inequality and marginalisation. CSO support for and design of development effectiveness principles has grown internationally through Open Forum consultations. In September 2010 more than 170 CSO representatives from 82 countries unanimously adopted the Istanbul Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness.
The Istanbul Principles are the foundation for the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness adopted in June 2011 at the Second Global Assembly in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Topics and discussion papers:
Gender and Development Effectiveness
CID Development Effectiveness Documents and NZ Open Forum
Open Forum for Development Effectiveness Documents
ODI Background paper: Promoting evidence-based decision-making in development agencies
February 2012 -- Energy and resources have been put into reforms to improve aid effectiveness by basing programming on evidence about what works, increasing the level of evaluation and strengthening evaluation rigour. This is a laudable ambition, but the measures being put in place to improve the production of evidence will not improve aid effectiveness unless they are backed by measures to promote the actual use of that evidence.
Being Better Neighbours: Improving New Zealand's contribution to foreign aid and international development. This report by the Maxim Institute was completed in June 2011 discussing the effectiveness of New Zealand aid and giving policy recommendations to improve New Zealand's aid delvery in the future.
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