CrossCuttingIssues

The curtains are closed on the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. The Forum provided the opportunity for developed and developing countries to affirm commitment to build a new global partnership in promoting effective development cooperation.

«Il est temps pour l’Afrique de passer de l’efficacité de l’aide à l’efficacité du développement» Dr. Mayaki

H.E Paul KGAME, President of the Republic of Rwanda on Aid Effectiveness

Over the last decade, aid policy debates have increasingly centered on how to make aid more effective. Global frameworks such as the Paris Declaration and the Accra Agenda for Action captured the importance of partnerships in the management of aid.

While Africa has been a happy hunting ground for exploiters of minerals and agricultural products, the time has come to examine closely the value chain around each commodity to find where value addition can benefit African rather than foreign interests

Over the last decade, aid policy debates have increasingly centred on how to make aid more effective.

Au cours de la dernière décennie, les débats sur la politique d'aide se sont davantage centrés sur les méthodes d'amélioration de l'efficacité de l'aide.

South-south cooperation can bridge the gap in lack of capacities African countries face while dealing with developmental problems by sharing interests in furthering ownership of a particular intervention.