It was said that there was a fisherman who caught a lot of fish with his rod, which caused the other fishermen to envy him.

As the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, to take place in Busan approaches, it is difficult to ignore that the global context has shaped the world of aid into a new ball game.

There is currently too little understanding of how context matters for development effectiveness.

Aid effectiveness has come to be seen as an empty concept without national ownership being placed at its heart.  Yet, in too many aspects of the development field, the notion of national ownership runs up against notions of a set of "int...

Establishing the roles of young people in developing economies

Cooperation between emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil and other developing countries is one of the main items for discussion on the Busan agenda. Investment, trade and development assistance provided by emerging economies for othe...

Sir Richard Jolly discusses why the reduction of inequality is crucial for economic growth and greater prosperity

Put national development plans at the center with clear exit strategies for external funding

“We’ll always have Paris” says one of the most famous lines from the movie Casablanca. In the international donor community, “always [having] Paris” would refer to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness launched back in 2005. Six years and two...

Recently released OECD DAC data from the Paris Declaration Survey shows improvements in the ways the international community and partner countries deliver Official Development Assistance (ODA), but this progress has been highly variable. Only one...