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Vietnam's laboratory on donor harmonisation: between effectiveness and democratisation

27/09/2007 By María Delfina Alcaide, Silvia Sanz-Ramos

Vietnam's leadership has demonstrated a strong commitment to putting the principles of government-led development planning and donor harmonisation into practice.

In so doing it has become one of the countries conducting the largest number of pilot initiatives in this field. The Southeast Asian nation, which is considered a laboratory and a world leader in the putting in motion of declarations, could potentially become a significant case for donors and aid recipient governments alike.

This study relates in detail the mechanisms of donor coordination and the leading role played by the government. It then enters into the particular political dynamics of a country that has achieved amongst the best results in terms of poverty reduction, while scoring poorly in terms of political openness and democratisation.

Thus, this is one of the many different stories of how the 'spirit of Paris' is reflected locally. This document is the first of four case studies in the project, 'Donor harmonisation: between effectiveness and democratisation'.

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