Politics of aid / Comment
From Beijing to Paris: the relevance of gender equality for aid effectiveness
10/04/2008 By Carmen de la Cruz
This Comment article analyses the appropriateness of gender equality and women’s rights as development objectives for the efficiency of aid. It argues that the Paris Declaration, as a policy that guides new associations and modalities of aid, should be employed in the service of women’s rights and gender equality. With this in mind, the text explores the opportunities for and challenges facing new instruments such as budget support and sectoral focus.
Similarly, it affirms that both donor and partner countries must assign and commit aid according to their commitments in the international framework. This includes key agreements on human rights, women’s rights and development.
Finally, it offers a series of recommendations that would serve to make sure gender issues were properly included and considered in debate that the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra in early 2008.
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Keywords
Aid management Aid policy Development aid Development cooperation GenderRelated publications
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Bio author: Carmen de la Cruz
Carmen de la Cruz is an International consultant in gender and development. Since 2005, she is working on the gender related impact of new aid modalities. UNIFEM consultant for Latin America since 2007, Carmen de la Cruz is collaborating in the programme "EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace" in its aid effectiveness component.
