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New Report Released

Mapping Aid Effectiveness and Gender Equality: Global Findings and Key Messages


2008, United National Development Fund for Women

The 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness calls for improved policy and institutional mechanisms for improving the delivery of development assistance and increasing its effectiveness. Its implementation is guided by the five overarching principles: ownership, alignment, harmonization, managing for results and mutual accountability. This report provides an overview of the issues and trends that emerged from mapping studies on aid effectiveness, gender equality and women’s empowerment in 12 countries: Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Honduras, Suriname, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

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The Least Developed Countries Report 2008, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development


This report assesses how sustainable economic growth is in the LDCs and examines how many LDCs are participating in the growth surge. Secondly, it considers the extent to which economic growth is leading to improvements in human well-being, and in particular to accelerated poverty reduction and improved progress towards the millennium Development Goals. Thirdly, it assesses progress towards country-owned development strategies in LDCs and the role of recipient-led aid management policies at the country level as a practical policy mechanism to strengthen country ownership.

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