<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>><br>crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="#993300" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #993300">From Paris to Accra - Will Aid Become Effective Now?</span></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><strong><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Development Outreach, February 2009 </span></font></b></strong><font color="#333399" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399"><br>
</span></font><strong><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Development OUTREACH is a flagship magazine in the field of global knowledge for development</span></font></b></strong><font color="black"><span style="COLOR: black"></span></font></p>

<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><i><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">After Accra: Delivering on the Agenda for Action</span></font></i></p>

<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Website: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/index.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/index.html</span></font></a> </span></font></p>

<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>“……..Just after last September’s High-Level Forum on <i><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Aid Effectiveness in Accra</span></i>, the <i><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Economist</span></i> offered the stark assessment that, “the development aid business is a shambles.” Aid managers themselves, in both recipient and donor countries, agree that too many agencies finance too many projects, following different systems of accounting and multiple objectives, in uncoordinated efforts that often overtax developing-country ministries, which are already struggling with meagre resources, skills gaps and governance weaknesses. The outcome is that sought-after “development results”—often not clearly-defined at the outset—are disappointing to all concerned, deepening the scepticism that already surrounds development aid. </span></font></p>

<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In Accra, donors and developing countries hammered out an agenda for action that aims to change this. They promised to “take bold steps to reform the way aid is given and spent,” focusing on country ownership of programs, more effective partnerships, achieving results and openly accounting for them.</span></font></p>

<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So what are the prospects for these “bold steps”? In this issue of <i><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Development Outreach</span></i>, we asked experts from diverse perspectives to consider specific examples of how issues raised in the Accra Agenda have surfaced in their experience. What is needed, we asked, for the Accra principles to become reality in practice?............”  </span></font><i><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Christopher Neal, Executive Editor</span></font></i><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font></p>

<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>CONTENT:</span></font></b></p>

<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><a name="120394f44b5bae9c_521"></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid521.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">After Accra: Delivering on the Agenda for Action</span></font></b></a></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
<i><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">—Guest Editorial </span></i>Jeffrey Gutman<br>What is needed to deliver on the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA), and what the international donors and the World Bank Group need to do. </span></font></p>

<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><a name="120394f44b5bae9c_522"></a><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid522.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Committing to Effective Aid: Why can't donors walk their talk?</span></font></b></a></span></font><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Eckhard Deutscher<br>
Why has harmonization among donor-countries been elusive? <br>The article discusses attempts by the DAC of the OECD to get donors aligned and sustain the alignment. </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><a name="120394f44b5bae9c_523"></a><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid523.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Struggle for Ownership of Assistance: Health and HIV/AIDS in Rwanda</span></font></b></a></span></font><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John Rwangombwa<br>
Aid earmarking reflects donor priorities more than those of the recipient country. <br>Rwanda has sought to reform its health care system, while donor funding was focused on fighting HIV/AIDS. </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">AID REFORM: A TALE OF TWO DONORS<br></span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
The U.S. and Germany each undertook a major effort to reform their respective development aid programs. <br>Their paths were different, but both programs incorporate principles present in the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA). <br>
To what extent have these reform efforts succeeded?" </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid524.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">The Millennium Challenge Account: Making U.S. foreign assistance more effective?</span></font></a></span></font></b><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"><br>
Sheila Herrling and Steve Radelet</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid525.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Germany Seeks Influence by Setting Example of Being a Multilateral Team Player on Aid Effectiveness</span></font></a></span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
Hans Dembowski</span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><a name="120394f44b5bae9c_526"></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid526.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Brazil as an Emerging Donor: Huge potential and growing pains</span></font></b></a></span></font><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">   - </span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Paulo Sotero<br>
This article offers an examination of Brazil's experience as a new donor: its purposes, goals, and the effectiveness of its approach. </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid527.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Partnering for Progress: A new approach to capacity development after Accra</span></font></b></a></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
Mark Nelson and Ajay Tejasvi <br>Much technical assistance aimed at building capacity has failed to deliver the results sought. <br>The article examines the causes and the possible solutions. </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid528.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Aid Effectiveness and Governance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</span></font></b></a></span></font><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> - </span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Daniel Kaufmann <br>
Good governance and political corruption should be considered when aid flows to governments. </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid529.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Development Marketplace Helps Scale up Grassroots Innovation that Reduces Poverty</span></font></b></a></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
Elena Altieri and Christopher Neal <br>This article presents examples of grassroots aid projects and programs that deliver results, within the framework of the Development Marketplace. <br>It discusses the extent to which such community-based efforts can be replicated. </span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid530.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting Aid Effectiveness from the Bottom Up with ICTs</span></font></b></a></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
Caroline Figučres, Denise Senmartin, Hilde Eugelink <br>The article offers examples of projects sponsored by IICD in Africa and Latin America that confirm the lasting impact of ICT on poverty alleviation. </span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/articleid531.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Multi-Donor Trust Funds: Instruments of first choice for post-crisis situations?</span></font></b></a></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
Leonie Guder <br>MDTFs can enhance aid effectiveness by reducing transaction costs and by mitigating the high risk levels inherent in post-crisis situations.</span></font></p>
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