International Development - Ninth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 July 2008.

Contents

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Terms of Reference

Summary

Introduction

1  More effective aid

The aid "burden"

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

Monitoring the Paris Declaration

The benefits of better coordinated aid

Transaction costs  

DFID's promotion of its own model

2  Ownership

Democratic ownership

The limitations of ownership

Technical assistance

Predictable aid

3  Division of labour

The Role of the EU and OECD as coordinating institutions

4  Next steps in implementing the Paris agenda

Delivering results at the Accra High Level Forum

Beyond Accra

Budget support

Staff performance assessment

Evaluating impact

5  Conclusion

List of recommendations

Annex A: The Committee's visit programme in Ghana

Annex B: The Committee's visit programme in Rome, Berlin and Copenhagen

Appendix

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence - HC 520-II
29 April 2008
7 May 2008
2 June 2008
Written Evidence

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Prepared 17 July 2008