According to the OECD 12.1% of total OECD aid was delivered to NGOs in 2010/11; the US, the world’s largest donor, delivers almost double this figure (21.7%) via NGOs. But is this aid helping to strengthen local civil society in the long term?
What changes does the European Union (EU) need to make in the development arena if it is to remain both relevant and useful? How can it make the leap from ‘old aid’ to ‘new development’? Who should it work with to do this? What must be on the agenda for the European parliament elections in 2014 and the appointment of a new European Commission?
Over the next year or so, expect a million reports called ‘Financing the post-2015 goals’ or a variant. Many will analyse what is known as ‘development finance’ which can be variously defined but basically means cross-border flows of money which have the promotion of development as a specific objective.
The list of competing priorities for this year’s G8 summit was whittled down to three by David Cameron.
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The authors of the European Report on Development 2013 (ERD 2013) will present some of the findings of the report, which provides a contribution to the post-2015 debate, and will put them in perspective with the recent publication of the High-Level Panel Report.
