Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
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Between 2 and 4 September, Ministers from developing countries and the donor community met in Accra (Ghana) to revise the Paris Declaration on Aid effectiveness.
This FRIDE special describes key issues in the current debate and develops scenarios for the future aid architecture.
- From Paris to Accra: Building the global governance of aid
- Democratic ownership and mutual accountability
- Ownership with adjectives
Financing for gender equality
By Ana Lydia Fernández-Layos (18/06/2008)
The 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in February and March 2008 made the integration of gender perspectives in international development aid a priority. Taking a civil society standpoint, this comment article explores the key issues being negotiated and proposes courses of action to move forward with the promotion of gender equality.
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Harmonisation & democratisation
Ownership with adjectives
By Stefan Meyer, Nils-Sjard Schulz (03/06/2008)
This synthesis report is the final product of a FRIDE research project which aimed at understanding the impact of donor harmonisation on democratisation processes in recipient countries. It is based on four case studies (Mali, Nicaragua, Peru and Vietnam) and explores the political implications of the aid effectiveness agenda and particularly of the new aid modalities.
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Transparency in the extractive sector: deepening Spain's commitment with the EITI
By Nils-Sjard Schulz (02/06/2008)
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In a meeting facilitated by FRIDE, members of the Spanish parliament and representatives of the EITI and the global platform PWYP discussed Spain's commitment with transparency in the extractive sector.
