| Reality of Aid Reports |
| The Reality of Aid 2006: Focus on Conflict, Security and Development Cooperation |
The Reality of Aid Networks
The Reality of Aid Project
23 Jun 2006
The Reality of Aid 2006 Global Report takes on the issues of security, conflict and the war on terror and present life-and-death challenges vis-à-vis development cooperation. With reports from 20 OECD countries, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific, and graphs illustrating major trends in global aid, the Reality of Aid 2006 Global Report provides a unique commentary on the state of development cooperation |
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| The Reality of Aid 2004: Focus on Governance and Human Rights |
The Reality of Aid Networks
The Reality of Aid Project
31 Dec 2004
The Reality of Aid 2004 explores the theme of governance and human rights in development cooperation using illustrations from countries such as Peru, Nepal, Zambia and Indonesia. With reports from 20 OECD countries, the Middle East and the Pacific, and graphs illustrating major trends in global aid, the Reality of Aid 2004 provides a unique commentary on the state of development cooperation. |
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| The Reality of Aid 2002: Focus on Conditionality and Ownership |
the Reality of Aid networks
the Reality of Aid
31 Dec 2002
The Reality of Aid 2002, Focus on Conditionality and Ownership. In this report, written by NGOs from every continent, the welcome commitments of Presidents and Prime Ministers to build a more secure global order can be measured against existing approaches to global finance, political interest and human need.
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| Reality Check |
| Reality Check January 2008 |
Reality of Aid
Reality of Aid
01 Apr 2008
The emerging consensus in development circles about the need to increase support for agriculture and rural development is certainly a welcome change after decades of relative neglect. But we need to go beyond &lquo;more of the same&rquo;. The challenge is not merely nor maily in boosting growth and productivity but grappling with the issues of equity and justice. |
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| Reality Check January 2007 |
Reality of Aid
Reality of Aid
31 Jan 2007
This Reality Check provides an overview of the Paris Declaration and highlights donor commitments that purport to improve aid effectiveness. The papers present critiques to the Declaration and pose challenges to donor countries, local and national governments as well as civil society organizations working towards aid effectiveness. |
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| Reality Check June 2005 |
Reality of Aid, Asia-Pacific network
Reality of Aid
24 Jun 2005
This edition of the Reality Check tackles pressing issues in the two countries hardest hit by the tsunami - Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The papers outline concrete proposals for concerned national governments, foreign aid donors, and non-government organizations and civil society groups involved in post-tsunami relief operations on how they can ensure that assistance really benefit the victims of recent history’s worst tragedy.
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| Reality Check October 2004 |
Reality of Aid Asia-Pacific Network
Reality of Aid
30 Oct 2004
With the security agenda in aid policy resonating in recently launched 2004 Reality of Aid report, this Reality Check looks into the various issues related to the current donor policies to address conflict, security and development. This can be gleaned from the contributions of two donor country perspectives on the current shift of donor policies in diverting from poverty eradication to contribute to the "war on terror" and how it has reflected in the case of Mindanao in the Philippines. |
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| Reality Check, September 2003 |
RoA OECD Region
Reality of Aid
01 Sep 2003
This Reality Check provides an overview of TRCB and
highlights the orientation and goals of current approaches to
capacity building.By examining what is covered by TRCB
and some of the major programmes, we will be able to highlight
the major weaknesses in its design and delivery. These
weaknesses have led to the conclusion that funding for TRCB,
as currently conceived and used by donor countries, is offtarget
if it is to truly make a significant contribution towards
reducing poverty in developing countries. Recommendations
will be advanced for refocusing TRCB in order to strengthen
capacities in developing countries to understand how trade
policies influence and can form an element of strategies to
improve the livelihoods of those living in poverty. |
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| Statements (sign-on) |
| DEFEND DEVELOPMENT: A Call to Governments to Act Urgently in the Face of Economic and Financial Crises |
(see signatories)
30 Nov 2008
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| Statement of Reality of Aid (ROA) at the Conclusion of the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness |
Reality of Aid
05 Sep 2008
An unprecedented array of development actors is now engaged on the vital issue of aid and aid effectiveness and there have also been some unambiguous gains. Much remains to be done. The challenge is how to build on the gains achieved towards a new multilateral High Level Forum in 2011, framed by the core issues of aid and development effectiveness. |
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| Declaración de la red “realidad de la ayuda” (Reality of Aid) en la conclusión del Tercer Foro de Alto Nivel Sobre Eficacia de la Ayuda |
05 Sep 2008
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| Civil society statement in Accra warns urgency for action on aid |
CSOs
04 Sep 2008
We call on officials present in Accra to respond with urgency. What we need in Accra are clear time-bound commitments to deliver real results for people on the ground, towards the eradication of poverty, inequality and social exclusion. This is a political not a technical challenge, and should be treated as such. |
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| CSO Statement on Aid and the Debt Crisis |
(see signatories)
28 Aug 2008
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| Civil Society Forum Declaration to12th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD XII) |
30 Apr 2008
Accra, 19 April 2008 |
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| Stop All Military Aid to the Philippines, Uphold Human Rights and Freedoms of the Filipino People! |
The Reality of Aid Network
The Reality of Aid Network
02 Mar 2006
President Arroyo has just ordered lifted Presidential Decree 1017, which placed the Philippines in a state of national emergency. While this is a welcome development, it is still not a time for rejoicing as a de facto state of emergency still exists in the country. The crackdown against those who are critical of this government continues. We should continue to be vigilant. The struggle continues. |
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| NGOs Statement «on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development» |
25 Jan 2006
Updated version of the NGOs letter on innovative mechanisms, in preparatory of the Paris conference (28th Feb. – 1st March) and the NGOs side event on international taxes (27th Feb.). |
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| ‘Aid for Trade’ is a Deceptive Ploy and Destructive Aid |
Antonio Tujan, Jr.
Reality of Aid
15 Dec 2005
The Reality of Aid, an international network of more than 80 national and regional networks representing thousands of civil society organizations, calls the US proposal in the WTO ministerial conference to increase funds for the "aid for trade" program as "illusory, deceptive, and destructive." |
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| Statement of the Reality of Aid South Asia Meeting in Support of the Struggles of Slum dwellers in Mumbai |
Reality of Aid South Asia Meeting
Reality of Aid
25 May 2005
Statement of Reality of Aid South Asia meeting held in Mumbai, May 25, 2005, in support of the slum-dwellers. |
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| No Aid to Military Regimes and Repression in Burma, Nepal and Philippines |
Reality of Aid South Asia meeting
Reality of Aid
25 May 2005
Statement of Reality of Aid South Asia meeting held in Mumbai, May 25, 2005. |
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| Joint statement by members of the international Global Security and Development Network on the Development Assistance Committee policy statement and reference document: ‘A Development Co-operation Lens on Terrorism Prevention: Key Entry Points fo |
Global Security and Development Network
Reality of Aid
10 Oct 2003
Members of
the Global Security and Development Network (the undersigned) have
read the DAC paper – only recently made public – with
some concern, and wish to make the following response... |
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| Stop All Aid to Burma! Stop all forms of international aid to the military regime in Burma! |
Reality of Aid Forum on Governance
Reality of Aid
27 Jun 2003
This statement was read during the Reality of Aid Forum on Governance at the New World Rennaisance Hotel, Makati City, Philippines on 27 June 2003. |
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| Stop Military Aid to Repressive Regimes! |
Reality of Aid meetings, June 2003
The Reality of Aid
27 Jun 2003
This was the call from the representatives of various peoples' movements and non-governmental organisations from all regions of the world at a global Reality of Aid (ROA) meetings in the Philippines in June 2003. |
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| Position Paper prepared by CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS from Burma |
concerned individuals from Burma
Reality of Aid - Asia Network Meeting, June 22-26, 2003
26 Jun 2003
Statement by concerned individuals from Burma during the Reality of Aid - Asia Network Meeting, June 22-26, 2003. |
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| Reality of Aid Statement regarding US policy against NGOs |
Reality of Aid
Reality of Aid
31 Dec 1969
Reality of Aid affirms that NGOs are a key part of the independent
voice of civil society. Their role in a democratic society is to
ensure that the views of all of the people, including minority and
other ethnic groups and those who are marginalised for discriminatory
reasons, are heard by the decision makers. |
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| Themes |
| Governance and Human Rights |
| Statement of the International Conference on the Cancellation of Illegitimate Debts |
Participants
29 May 2006
The burden of debt is indeed one of the most urgent issues of our time. The campaign to cancel odious and illegitimate debt is just the start of our overall efforts to cancel the debt and end foreign domination of Southern economies. |
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| Pure harassment: DOJ bans Rep. Satur Ocampo from attending Jakarta forum |
IBON Foundation, Inc.
IBON Foundation, Inc.
26 May 2006
Independent research group IBON Foundation denounces the order issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) preventing Bayan Muna Party-list representative Satur Ocampo to travel to Jakarta, Indonesia to speak in an international forum. |
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| Statement of concern over human rights violations in projects funded by Japan’s ODA in the Philippines |
Philippine Aidwatch Network
Philippine Aidwatch Network
08 Mar 2006
The Philippine Aidwatch Network is calling the attention of the honorable members of the National Diet of Japan to the cases of human rights violations being committed allegedly by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in different places in the country where projects funded by Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) are being implemented. We also call their attention to the emerging evidence that resources intended for social development and poverty reduction in the Philippines such as Japan’s ODA are probably being used for the intensified anti-insurgency campaign of the national government under President Gloria Arroyo. |
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| Human rights of tsunami survivors were neglected and abused |
ActionAid International
ActionAid International
02 Feb 2006
A five-country study by international charities ActionAid, PDHRE and HIC-HLRN has revealed how, after the December 2004 tsunami, governments frequently ignored human rights principles and failed to protect survivors from discrimination, land grabbing and violence. |
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| Donor concern over IMF cap on aid increases |
Joseph Hanlon
Joseph Hanlon (j.hanlon@open.ac.uk)
26 Jan 2006
In a repeat of a crisis a decade ago, donors now fear that the IMF is blocking aid increases to Mozambique. |
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| Input for Implementation Forum of HLF II |
Antonio Tujan, Jr.
30 Apr 2005
This article is the input made by RoA chair, Antonio Tujan, Jr. during the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness held in April 2005 in Paris. |
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| Reforming Aid To Enhance Its Effectiveness |
Coordination SUD
Coordination SUD
28 Feb 2005
Coordination SUD position paper on the 2nd High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
Paris / 28 February - 2 March 2005
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| At the table or in the kitchen? CIDA’s new aid strategies, developing country ownership and donor conditionality1 |
Brian Tomlinson (CCIC Policy Team) and Pam Foster (Coordinator, Halifax Initiative)
Canadian Council for International Cooperation and Halifax Initiative
01 Sep 2004
Program Based Approaches are providing donors such as CIDA with a seat at the policy dialogue table, but the “policy cooks� in the kitchen, the World Bank and the IMF, remain the same. |
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| Millenium Development Goals |
| Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness |
(see signatories)
14 Feb 2007
This declaration on aid effectiveness was crafted during the High Level Forum in Paris from 28 Feb - 2 Mar 2005. |
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| NGO Statement on Aid Effectiveness |
(see signatories)
14 Feb 2007
This statement from NGOs concerning aid effectiveness was released on 25 February 2005. |
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| The Politics of the Millennium Development Goals: Contributing to Strategies for Ending Poverty? Part One: The Politics of MDGs and Poverty Eradication |
Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation
Canadian Council for International Cooperation
31 May 2005
A policy background paper by Brian Tomlinson on the politics of MDGs and poverty eradication. This is part 1 of 3. |
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| The Politics of the Millennium Development Goals: Contributing to Strategies for Ending Poverty? Part Two: Financing the MDGs Through a Global Partnership for Development |
Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation
Canadian Council for International Cooperation
31 May 2005
A policy background paper by Brian Tomlinson on the politics of MDGs and poverty eradication. This is part 2 of 3. |
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| The Politics of the Millennium Development Goals: Contributing to Strategies for Ending Poverty? Part Three: Canada and the Global Partnership for Development (Goal Eight) |
Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation
Canadian Council for International Co-operation
31 May 2005
A Policy Background Paper by Brian Tomlinson, CCIC, on the politics of MDGs and poverty eradication. This is part 3 of 3. |
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| Millennium Development Goals |
Joseph S. Yu, IBON Foundation, Inc.
IBON Facts and Figures
15 Oct 2004
This discussion on the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) was published in IBON Facts and Figures, 15 October 2004. |
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| Security and Conflict Resolution |
| The impact of the War on Terror on aid flows |
John Cosgrave for ActionAid
ActionAid
11 Apr 2007
The war on terror had had an impact on aid and is undermining development policy. Aid decisions are increasingly being weighted in terms of security and foreign policy rather than on humanitarian goals. |
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| Petition regarding the provision of weapons using Japanese ODA |
Japanese NGOs
PARC
13 Jun 2006
Japanese government decided to provide patrol ships to Indonesia using ODA money.
The following is a statement from Japanese NGOs including PARC.
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| Security, Conflict and Development |
Michael Pugh
24 Jun 2005
Paper presented during the RoA Global Meeting 2005 |
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| On Failed, Failing, Weak and Collapsed States |
Jan Ruyssenaars, Novib-Oxfam Netherlands
24 Jun 2005
Paper presented during the RoA Global Meeting 2005 |
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| Stop all foreign aid to the Philippine military, End the repression and killings of Filipino activists! |
Philippine Aidwatch Network
Philippine Aidwatch Network
07 Jun 2005
The Philippine Aidwatch Network expresses serious alarm by the unabated killings of political activists all over the Philippines, a total of 31 leaders and members of progressive party list groups, people’s organizations, and human rights groups including lawyers and church people. |
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| Multiple security challenges in the 21th century: Human Security, failed states, and terrorism (About civilian and military means of meeting new security challenges) |
Jan Ruyssenaars, Novib-Oxfam International
14 Dec 2004
Paper presented during the RoA Global Meeting 2005 |
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| Relief And Rehabilitation |
| Time to call for debt relief one year after the tsunami |
Ivan A. Hadar
Indonesian Institute for Democracy Education (IDE)
2006-01-23
It is time for the government of Indonesia to become more proactive in seeking debt relief, since some creditor countries offered debt moratoriums, reductions and cancellations for countries affected by the largest natural disaster in living memory. |
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| Aid Effectiveness |
| Statement on the ASEM Development Conference: Towards Sustainable Development |
RoA - Asia
2009-04-21
The Reality of Aid-Asia presents this statement to the ASEM Conference to give the civil society perspective on the challenges Asian developing countries and peoples face in achieving genuine aid effectiveness and development effectiveness. |
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| Accra Agenda for Action |
2008-09-04
Ministers of developing and donor countries responsible for promoting development and Heads of multilateral and bilateral development institutions endorsed the following statement in Accra, Ghana, on 4 September 2008 to accelerate and deepen implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2 March 2005). |
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| Speech to the Ministerial Dinner |
Antonio Tujan Jr.
2008-09-03
This speech was delivered in the Ministerial Dinner during the High Level Forum in Accra, Ghana, 3 September 2008. |
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| Give Civil Societies Aid Watchdog Role |
Rebecca Torr
Gulf Daily News
2008-05-25
Arab civil societies were yesterday urged to pressure their governments into giving them a watchdog role to oversee the receiving and distribution of aid.
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| A critical analysis of remittances as a form of development capital: The cases of Mexico and the Philippines |
Alexander Miles Jones
2008-05-07
Despite a long history of polarized debate over the impact of migration on the economic development of countries of origin, recently many academics and policy makers have taken an overwhelmingly positive stance on the issue. This new optimism can be seen as a reflection of two developments. The first is the ‘remittances boom’, the discovery that the total volume of remittance flows, money sent home by migrants to their country of origin, now ranks behind only foreign direct investment (FDI) as a source of external financing for developing countries. The second reflects a new global policy effort to accelerate the reduction of poverty incidence worldwide, resulting in the establishment of the Millennium Development Goals in September 2000. However, a realization that these would not be achieved because of the failure of developed countries to upgrade their aid commitments has driven the international policy making community to search for innovative financing schemes that could supplant present levels of overseas development assistance (ODA). Increasing the development impact of remittances can be seen as one such strategy. |
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| Towards Achieving Authentic National Ownership |
Antonio Tujan Jr
2008-03-31
The aid system (or ‘non-system’ would be more precise) faces tremendous challenges in less than a century of its existence. |
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| Multi-stakeholder national consultation on CSOs and aid effectiveness |
VOICE
2008-02-05
Multi-stakeholder national consultation on CSOs and aid effectiveness, Dhaka, September 10, 2007 |
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| Inter-regional multi-stakeholder dialogue on aid effectiveness |
2008-02-05
Inter-regional multi-stakeholder dialogue on aid effectiveness, Pamodzi Hotel – Lusaka, Zambia,
16 – 19 October 2007 |
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| National Consultation workshop on Aid Effectiveness |
2008-02-05
National Consultation workshop on Aid Effectiveness, Dar es Salaam International Conference Centre, Tanzania
9 August 2007 |
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| Primer on Development and Aid Effectiveness |
IBON International
IBON International
2008-02-04
This Primer on Development and Aid Effectiveness is primarily meant to explain the aid effectiveness agenda in the overall context of development issues and concerns such as debt, debt cancellation, and increasing ODA for poverty reduction and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The intention of this primer is to address the perspectives and concerns of grassroots and membership based civil society organizations (CSOs). |
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| Overview Report: Asia (South and West) Regional Workshop on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness |
Secretariat
2008-01-30
Documentation of Main Points Discussed
Kathmandu, Nepal
October 29-November 1, 2007 |
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| Programme: Regional Workshop on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness, Asia (South and West) |
Secretariat
2008-01-30
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| Programme: Regional Workshop on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness |
Secretariat
2008-01-29
Programme: Regional Workshop on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness
Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific |
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| HANOI Regional Workshop on Aid Effectiveness |
Secretariat
2008-01-29
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| Report on Gender Issues in the Kathmandu Consultations on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness |
Secretariat
2008-01-29
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| Overview Report on the Hanoi Consultations for East Asia, Central Asia and the Pacific (October 9 - 12, 2007) |
Brian Tomlinson, Vice-Chairperson, Reality of Aid Network
2008-01-29
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| Aid Data for the Philippines |
Compiled by Alexander Miles Jones,
IBON Foundation
Reality of Aid
2008-01-08
Aid Data for the Philippines was compiled by Alexander Miles Jones for the RoA network during his internship in 2007. |
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| Civil society and Aid Effectiveness at centre stage |
Anabel Cruz, Director of Communication and Development Institute (ICD), Uruguay and Chair of the Boa
2007-11-07
Next year will see an important effort to ensure coherence between different parts of society, including civil society, in development aid. There are several preparatory meetings taking place to prepare for this event. Anabel Cruz, who commenced her term as CIVICUS Board Chairperson in May 2007, attended a recent meeting organised in the Netherlands to explore some of the issues that will be addressed at the Accra, Ghana meeting next year. She shares with us her thoughts below regarding some of the key issues that will need to be addressed if aid is to be more effective and to ensure that the poorest citizens in the world can benefit from aid flows. |
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| Ensure accountability of donors to make foreign aid effective, Development experts tell seminar |
thedailystar.net
thedailystar.net
2007-09-11
National Seminar on CSOs and aid
effectiveness held in Dhaka |
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| The Chinese Aid System |
Carol Lancaster [1]
Center for Global Development
2007-07-01
China has become a major source of foreign aid in Asia, Latin America and especially in Africa.Chinese aid has become a source of concern to Western aid agencies—will Chinese aiddiscourage needed economic and political reforms in African countries? Will it burden poorcountries with debt—a burden from which many have only just escaped with the debt cancellationpolicies adopted by many aid agencies? This CGD Essay explores questions about Chinese aid—how large it is and how fast it is growing; how decisions are made on how much aid is providedeach year; which countries receive it and how much they get; how the aid is managed within theChinese government and how it is evaluated. The Chinese are clearly set to play a major role inaid-giving worldwide, and the aid-giving governments of Europe, North American and Japanshould expand lines of communication and, to the extent possible, collaboration with the Chinese. |
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| South-South cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean: ways ahead following Accra |
0000-00-00
Authors: M.C.S Betancourt; N-S Schulz
Publisher: Fride, 2009 |
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