Title: Results-based national development strategies assessment and challenges ahead
Abstract: As part of the international effort to monitor the commitments made under the 2005 Paris Declaration, this review assesses the progress that low-income countries have made toward establishing the strategic basis for more effective aid. The Paris Declaration reflects the recognition that aid partnerships need to be guided by mutual accountability -- whereby aid-recipient countries are expected to try to improve their policies and policymaking while their development partners are expected to provide more and better aid, aligning their support with country-owned policies and relying as much as possible on countries' own systems and national institutions to deliver aid. The review concentrates on operational development strategies and results-oriented frameworks for policymaking -- indicators 1 and 11 of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. As well as assessing the current situation, the review establishes a collaborative process for information gathering and introduces a methodology that can be used on an ongoing basis, about every two years, to capture trends in implementing these preconditions for more effective resource use. Building on the assessment and implications highlighted in this review, and a number of good practice examples, it encourages governments and their development partners to agree on country-specific, time-bound, realistic and monitorable action plans, with indicators for both government and external partners, toward making further progress toward operational development strategies and results-oriented frameworks.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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