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Ownership Introduction National development strategies / PRSPsS Participation Conditionality Issues for the Asia-Pacific region Chairing Arrangements

Alignment Introduction Programmatic assistance Use of country systems Capacity building Predictability of aid Untying aid Issues for the Asia-Pacific region Chairing Arrangements

Harmonisation Introduction Joint assistance strategies Division of Labour Issues for the Asia-Pacific region Chairing Arrangements

Managing for Development Results Introduction Monitoring national plans Civil society and budgets Further resources Issues for the Asia-Pacific region Chairing Arrangements

Mutual accountability Introduction International mechanisms National mechanisms Issues for the Asia-Pacific region Chairing Arrangements

Civil society and aid effectiveness Introduction International Advisory Group Implications of funding Issues for the Asia-Pacific region Chairing Arrangements

Fragility and conflict Introduction Aid approaches Further resources Issues for the Asia-Pacific region Chairing Arrangements

Sector Experiences Introduction Aid effectiveness in health International health initiatives Chairing Arrangements

Changing aid architecture Introduction Global Funds Diversity of donors Governance of International Financial Institutions Issues for the Asia-Pacific region Chairing Arrangements

Cross-cutting issues Cross-cutting issues Issues for the Asia-Pacific region

Diversity of donors

Non-DAC donors – particularly the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – are becoming increasingly important providers of development assistance. However, they are not well represented in global policy-making fora, and have been marginal to discussions on aid effectiveness.


	de Ferranti, David, “The World Bank and Middle Income Countries” in Birdsall N. (ed.), Rescuing the World Bank: A CGD Working Group Report and Selected Essays, Washington DC: Center for Global Development, 2006


	Linn, Johannes & Colin Bradford Jr., “Pragmatic Reform of Global Governance: Creating an L20 Summit Forum”, Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 2006

Some commentators are concerned that non-DAC donors will undermine the consensus on poverty reduction and aid effectiveness. However, a recent review by Debt Relief International found that the gap in aid practices between DAC and non-DAC donors was less than often supposed. Richard Manning, former DAC Chair, also suggests that we should welcome the increased diversity in the aid market.


	Harmer, A. & L. Cotterrell, “Diversity in Donorship: The changing landscape of official humanitarian aid”, ODI, 2005


	*Debt Relief International, “Aid effectiveness: better indicators needed: non-OECD aid often highly effective”, Strategies for Financing for Development, Newsletter of HIPC CPB, Issue 32, 2007*


	*Manning, R., “Will ‘Emerging Donors’ Change the Face of International Co-Operation?”, Development Policy Review, Vol. 24(4), 2006*

Preparations for Accra

The DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness has established a Working Group with non-DAC providers of development assistance to look into issues like division of labour and south-south or trilateral cooperation issues. It will seek to encourage non-DAC donors to participate in the 2008 Paris Declaration survey.
In addition, Japan is funding a study on aid practices and perspectives on aid effectiveness by emerging and transition economies.

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