The Independent Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration
The Independent Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration is an independent global appraisal of efforts to improve the effectiveness of international aid since 2005. The latest evidence is vital for decisions taken at Busan. It will help in learning lessons and ensuring that all involved in aid meet their commitments.
The results will be of interest to government ministers, legislators, aid administrators and others as well as to the wider public. The stakes are huge – better aid means better lives for billions. Given the hundreds of billions of dollars spent in aid, the Evaluation helps provide the hard facts needed to ensure the best results from development aid and helps make aid more accountable.
Two phases
The first phase of the evaluation was presented at the High Level Forum in Accra in 2008. It focused on ways of improving implementation of the Paris Declaration as it was too early to provide definitive conclusions on the effectiveness of aid. Phase 1 included 8 evaluations conducted in developing countries and 11 studies of donors and agencies.
The second phase looks at the extent to which commitments to aid effectiveness made in Paris and Accra have been implemented. Phase 2 asks “what difference has aid effectiveness made in reducing poverty and reaching the Millennium Development Goals?” It is a key source of evidence for the Busan Forum. It involved 21 Country evaluations and seven donor, agency and institutional studies which took place in 2009 and 2010. The Phase 2 Synthesis report includes key conclusions, lessons and recommendations.
See the Phase 1 report | See the Phase 2 report
Studies on key themes
- Development Resources Beyond the Current Reach of the Paris Declaration FORO NacionalInternacional, Lima, Peru, September 2010
English - Untying aid: Is it working? Summary and Recommendations
English - Untying aid: country studies
Burkina Faso / Ghana / Lao PDR / South Africa / Viet Nam / Zambia - The Developmental Effectiveness of Untied Aid: Phase 1 Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris, Overseas Development Institute, London, UK, October 2009.
- Declaration and of the 2001 DAC Recommendation on Untying ODA to the LDCs - final report, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Copenhagen. Overseas Development Institute, London, 2008.
- The applicability of the Paris Declaration in fragile and conflict-affected situations - final report, Oxford Policy Management, the IDL Group, 2008
- Thematic Study on the Paris Declaration, aid effectiveness and development effectiveness - final report, Minsitry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, November 2008
- Thematic study of support to statistical capacity building - final report, Oxford Policy Management, August 2008
- Improving the effectiveness of support to statistics - briefing paper, Oxford Policy Management, 2009
Phase 1 Reports
- Evaluation of the implementation of the Paris Declaration - Phase one: Synthesis report
English / Français / Espanola - The Developmental Effectiveness of Untied Aid: Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration and of the 2001 DAC Recommendation on Untying ODA to the LDCs - final report, ODI, London, UK, October 2008
For more information on Phase 1 please click here.
