From aid to global development policy

Over the last decade, the international community has taken visible steps forward in reforming the international cooperation system. This includes a greater focus on aid ownership by recipient countries and renewed commitment to the coordination, harmonization and alignment of donor policies. The 2005 Paris Declaration, the subsequent Accra Agenda for Action in 2008 and the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation in 2011 are agreements that imply a certain rebalancing of the relationships between partners and donors. Nevertheless, recent external evaluations of this process show that the advances have been smaller than initially committed to by donors (OECD, 2011a).

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development