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ODI On... Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan

29 November - 1 December 2011

Ministers from across the globe, from both developing and donor countries, government representatives, parliamentarians, civil society organisations and private sector representatives have come together for the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, from 29 November to 1 December 2011.

ODI has produced a range of inputs of relevance to HLF-4, to inform debates and reflect on the challenges and opportunities for policy-makers and the development community. The Busan meeting follows previous conferences in Accra and Paris. These meetings delivered the Accra Agenda for Action and the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. 

We are also producing short audio commentaries throughout the conference. 

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Overview
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The glass is half full at the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 28 November 2011
I am on the plane to South Korea, for the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. Not so long ago many of us were fearing a damp squib in Busan, but the indications now are that it will be far from that: with big ticket political representation; a clear focus on country-led results frameworks; and the basics of a new global partnership on international development cooperation to replace the 20th century version that has seriously passed its expiry date.
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Alina Rocha Menocal

Worth the risk? Smarter aid to promote country ownership

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 11 November 2011

The Paris Declaration of 2005 placed country ownership at the pinnacle of the new international agenda for aid effectiveness. At the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, at the end of this month, ownership is likely to remain a crucial focus of aid effectiveness. Yet, despite the numerous commitments, declarations and proclamations that have been made, genuine country ownership has remained an elusive commodity in many aid recipient countries. 

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Key Busan challenges and contributions to the emerging development effectiveness agenda

Publication - Discussion papers - 9 November 2011
ODI Background Notes
Andrew Rogerson
As the fourth High Level Forum on aid effectiveness (HLF-4) draws nearer, this Background Note outlines the changing global development context and discusses results to date in implementing the aid effectiveness (AE) agenda. The paper then moves on to identify major remaining challenges in implementing the aid effectiveness agenda and details six suggested action areas.
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Andrew Rogerson

Discussing catalytic aid

Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 4 November 2011
'Aid can be catalytic in two ways: aid can transform but can also leverage other sources of development finance that are more powerful.'
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Busan, Korea.
Busan, Korea.

Looking North over Busan, Korea. View from the TV tower
License: Creative Commons
Credit: jsteph
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One month to Busan – what is the latest from the OECD, and what do the major donors expect to change?

Event - Public event - 31 October 2011 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+00)

How is the Busan conference shaping up? What is the latest thinking on the outcome document? With only one month to go until the biggest aid conference in years, ODI hosts Brenda Killen, the head of Aid Effectiveness at the OECD and therefore at the heart of pulling the conference together. Brenda will present the third monitoring survey of the Paris Declaration for the first time in the UK. In discussion with Brenda will be a selection of major donors. Questions this event will seek to answer include: what are DFID and other donors hoping for from Busan and how do they expect it to change their ways of working, if at all? There will be time for questions and comments from the floor.

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Alison Evans and Tony Blair
Alison Evans and Tony Blair

Alison Evans speaking with Tony Blair at an event jointly hosted by the Overseas Development Institute and Africa Governance Initiative, 'Rethinking leadership for development'.
License: Creative Commons
Source: Africa Governance Initiative

Rethinking leadership for development - with Tony Blair

Event - Invitation only event - 19 October 2011 10:00 - 11:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

At this event, Tony Blair - patron of the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) - delivered a speech on leadership and international development. Drawing on his time as Prime Minister and more recently, the work of the Africa Governance Initiative, Tony Blair gave his reflections on the visionary African leaders who are tackling poverty by transforming government, and what the international community needs to do differently to support them.

ODI Director Alison Evans led a discussion with Tony Blair and a high level audience from the development community on the best way to support country ownership, effective leadership and ensure aid effectiveness. This event provided an important contribution to the forthcoming High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea.

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UKAid - DFID Logistics Officer helps to load a pallet of humanitarian aid to Pakistan
UKAid - DFID Logistics Officer helps to load a pallet of humanitarian aid to Pakistan

A DFID (Department for International Development) Logistics Officer helps to load a pallet of humanitarian aid to Pakistan onboard a C-17 aircraft, following devastating floods in the country in 2010. The tents were provided by the Department for International Development (DFID) which deals with global relief and development on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government.
License: Creative Commons
Credit: Defence Images
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A new aid deal for fragile states?

Event - Public event - 10 October 2011 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

This event will consider whether a new aid deal is needed for fragile states and what this deal might look like, bringing together a range of views from civil society, the research community and fragile states themselves.

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Global reach is the prize at Busan

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 7 September 2011
As the countdown to the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness enters its final stage, this ODI Opinion discusses how and why it is important to reach global agreement on core standards.
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IDP in Somalia
IDP in Somalia

Displaced people wait to be given food during a distribution organised by the UN World Food Programme, USAID and other local and international NGOs, in Mogadishu Somalia on September 2008.
License: ODI given rights
Credit: © Jamal Osman/IRIN
Source: IRIN

A results take-over of aid effectiveness? How to balance multiple or competing calls for more accountability

Event - Public event - 25 July 2011 12:00 - 13:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

This event is the second in a series of events focusing on aid effectiveness in the lead up to Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan in November 2011.

This debate will explore possible tensions, as well as opportunities, where donors seek to reassure domestic publics that aid is being spent well while they also endeavour to support the needs and priorities of aid recipient countries and their citizens.

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Hospital warehouse storing food aid DRC
Hospital warehouse storing food aid DRC

Hospital warehouse storing foodaid from the USA, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Credit: Teseum
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Who should lead the aid effectiveness debate in the future?

Event - Public event - 6 July 2011 10:00 - 11:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

This debate will explore the global governance of the aid effectiveness agenda. What should the role of the DAC be as the “aidscape” becomes ever more complex? Does the UN have a leading role to play? Does the presence of non-traditional development actors represent a challenge for recipient countries seeking to assert their leadership, or can less orthodox approaches to development and governance strengthen country ownership? What will the next five years of aid effectiveness look like?

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Overview

Ministers from across the globe, from both developing and donor countries, government representatives, parliamentarians, civil society organisations and private sector representatives have come together for the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, from 29 November to 1 December 2011.

ODI has produced a range of inputs of relevance to HLF-4, to inform debates and reflect on the challenges and opportunities for policy-makers and the development community. The Busan meeting follows previous conferences in Accra and Paris. These meetings delivered the Accra Agenda for Action and the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. 

We are also producing short audio commentaries throughout the conference. 

Listen on audioboo.fm!
Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure
International Economic Development Group
Politics and Governance
Venue: 
Bexco Convention Centre, Busan