'U.S. Civil-Military Imbalance for Global Engagement: Lessons from the Operational Level in Africa describes how the increased militarization of U.S. foreign aid is complicating the achievement of American foreign policy goals in Africa. The report recommends that the US Africa Command, or AFRICOM, remain focused on security sector and peacekeeping capacity building, rather than hunting terror suspects under a thin mantle of humanitarianism when it becomes fully operational in October 2008.' Ref more...
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The international community is committed to helping partner countries meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving global poverty by 2015. Effective use of scarce official development assistance is one important contribution to this end. This is why the development community, under the auspices of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), is dedicated to implementing improvements in aid practices that deliver more effective and harmonised support to the efforts of partner countries. Th more...
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The international community is committed to helping partner countries meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving global poverty by 2015. Providing more effective aid and increasing its impact on development is one important contribution to this end. This report takes stock of progress made to align donor support with developing country poverty reduction strategies, harmonise donor policies and practices to reduce transaction costs, and manage aid resources with a focus on development result more...
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The Paris Declaration poses an important challenge both to the world of development cooperation in general and to the field of development evaluation in particular. Compared with previous joint statements on aid harmonization and alignment, it provides a practical, action-oriented roadmap with specific targets to be met by 2010 and definite review points in the years between. The evaluation of the implementation of the Paris Declaration is an integral part of the Declaration itself. This report more...
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According to latest reports, one in every five people lives on less than one dollar a day. One billion people still live in extreme poverty. The same amount of people lack access to safe drinking water. Nearly six thousand people die of AIDS each day. Adding to their misery, the climate change and rising oil prices are hitting the world's poorest people hardest.
To increase the pace and success of development activities, Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness was held in the year 2005, where g more...
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In September 2008, ministers from over 100 countries, heads of bilateral and multilateral development agencies, donor organizations, and civil society organizations from around the world will gather in Accra for the Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (2-4 September). Their common objective is to help developing countries and marginalized people in their fight against poverty by making aid more transparent, accountable and results-oriented.
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Representatives from 51 African countries, including 40 Heads of State and Government, joined Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan, in creating a blueprint for a 'century of African growth' at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV). The three-day summit-level event was held in Yokohama, Japan from 28-30 of May. Prime Minister Fukuda announced a package of initiatives for African development, including doubling Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) o more...
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