An Independent Review of Poverty Reduction and Development Assistance

The Reality of Aid Project  

• Acknowledgments
  
• Participating Agencies
  

Part I: Introduction  

• Introduction
  Antonio Tujan Jr, IBON
• Political Overview
  Reality of Aid Network

Part II: Africa  

• Governance and promotion of human rights in international cooperation
  Opa Kapijimpanga, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
• Re-thinking aid: Development cooperation in a multilateral crisis
  Edward Oyugi, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
• The poverty reduction growth facility, poverty reduction strategies and development aid
  Nelson Nyangu, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
• West Africa: Donor conditions aid increasing poverty
  Leo Atakpu, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ)
• Tanzania: Partnership produces some best practice on aid management
  B M Elikana and J K G Mapunjo

Part III: Asia/Pacific and the Middle East  

• Fiji and the Pacific: Competing paradigms of good governance, human rights and democracy
  Kevin J. Barr MSC, Ecumenical Center for Research and Advocacy (ECRA)
• Indonesia: Governance within the Consultative Group On Indonesia: Partnership or domination?
  Sugeng Bahagijo, International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID)
• Japan: Security and development as an emerging issue
  Koshida Kiyokazu, Pacific Asia Resource Center (PARC)
• Nepal: How donors reject governance and human rights: two case studies of hydropower and water supply projects in Nepal
  Gopal Siwakoti `Chintan', Nepal Policy Institute (NPI)
• Philippines: USAID's AGILE: toying with governance to globalise the Philippines?
  Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo, IBON Foundation, Inc.
• Middle East: The problematics of `governance' in the Arab experience
  Chafic Cheaib, Arab NGO Network on Development (ANND)

Part IV: Latin America  

• Decentralisation processes in Latin America: achievements and challenges for international cooperation
  Felipe Caballero & Mariano Valderrama
• Empowerment of people in poverty and civil society participation in international cooperation
  Mariano Valderrama, Peruvian Citizen Proposal Group

Part V: OECD  

• The Millennium Development Goals
  
• Governance and poverty: can the goals get donors back on track?
  Shennia Spillane, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
• Civil society participation in EC Aid: a cornerstone of good governance?
  Mikaela Gavas, BOND

Part VI: World Aid and Donor Reports  

• Global pledges sacrificed to national interests
  Tony German and Judith Randel, Development Initiatives
• Australia: Security issues dominate over direct poverty reduction
  Shennia Spillane, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
• Austria
  
• Belgium: Concern as Foreign Affairs swallows the aid budget
  Han Verleyen, 11.11.11, Coalition of the Flemish North South Movement
• Canada: Doubling the budget is just one of the challenges
  Brian Tomlinson, Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC)
• Denmark: A world of difference indeed
  Jesper Heldgaard, freelance journalist, and Lars Anderskouv, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke
• EU and EC: Soft power ambitions compromising EU development aid?
  Howard Mollett, BOND
• Finland: Rights-based approach stresses participation implementation is the challenge
  Maria Suoheimo, KEPA
• France: Increases promised in a `freezing' climate
  Amélie Canonne and Grégory Jacob, for Centre de Recherche et d’Information pour le Developpement (CRID), with translation by David Sunderland
• Germany: Stabilisation at last, but at a low level
  Peter Mucke, Terre Des Hommes Deutschland e.V.
• Ireland: Aid target missed but the outlook is positive
  Claire Martin and Howard Dalzell, Concern Worldwide
• Japan: Muted celebrations for 50 years of Japanese aid
  Tatsuya Watanabe, JANIC (board member)
• Italy: Debt reduction fails to reverse downard trend
  Carlotta Aiello, José Luis Rhi-Sausi and Marco Zupi, CeSPI
• Netherlands: Mutual interests, mutual responsibilities
  Nicole Metz, Novib/Oxfam Netherlands
• New Zealand: New agency makes poverty elimination its mission
  Rae Julian, Council for International Development/ Kaunihera mÖ te Whakapakari Ao Whänui
• Norway: Goals and focus remain but foreign policy influence grows
  Gweneth Berge, Norwegian Church Aid
• Portugal: Regression and expectation in Portuguese cooperation
  Rita Veiga, Eline Feijão, Oikos
• Spain: Steps forward on quantity, backwards on quality
  Marta Arias and Carmen González, Intermón Oxfam
• Sweden: Sweden aims for coherent approach
  Magnus Walan and Ankin Ljungman, Diakonia
• Switzerland: Joining the UN but missing the UN target
  Michèle Laubscher, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Swissaid/Fastenopfer/ Brot für alle/Helvetas/Caritas/Heks

Part VII: Reference Section  

• Boxes and Tables
  
• Glossary of Aid Terms
  
• Exchange Rates