In a first-ever joint report by the UN, the OECD, the World Bank and the IMF, the world’s four principal development … international development address that most compelling of human desires-a world free of poverty and free of the misery that poverty …

Achieving the economic development of poor countries remains, even in the third millennium, a formidable challenge … which increasingly preoccupies OECD countries. The Organisation's Development Centre was founded in 1962 as one means to … study and to try to confront the problems of comparative development and to relate them to experiences in the more advanced …

Achieving the economic development of poor countries remains, even in the third millennium, a formidable challenge … which increasingly preoccupies OECD countries. The Organisation's Development Centre was founded in 1962 as one means to … study and to try to confront the problems of comparative development and to relate them to experiences in the more advanced …

The development process can advance more rapidly than ever before in the new global economy. While opening their … society; and enhancing the coherence of development co-operation policies. To be successful, policy coherence implies the …

The evaluation of official development programmes has grown tremendously over the past two decades; the public and … efforts to hold donors and partners accountable for the outcomes of development co-operation have also contributed to the … growing interest in evaluation. In this context, this study describes the role and management of evaluation in development …

the way for more effective development co-operation in these areas. This compendium pays special attention to the role of … private sector development, agriculture and infrastructure in pro-poor growth – areas that were neglected by many donors … during the 1990s but are currently receiving renewed attention in the international development agenda. It also presents a …