This survey report which presents the results from the second, follow-up survey on monitoring the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, assesses progress in 55 developing countries and helps us understand the challenges in making aid more effective in advancing development. The findings are...

In the Accra Agenda for Action (2008), donors and developing country governments commit to deepening their engagement with civil society organisations (CSOs). Better aid requires a broader understanding of the aid effectiveness agenda and a place for CSOs as development actors in their own right...

Aid plays an important role in reducing poverty and inequality, stimulating growth, building capacity, promoting human development and accelerating the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Effective aid is critical both to maximise the impact of aid and to achieve long-term,...

This dataset provides a comprehensive set of statistics on foreign direct investment (FDI) into and out of OECD countries, based on the fourth edition of the OECD Benchmark Edition (BMD4). It combines sectoral and geographical breakdowns for financial flows, income flows and stock data. Data are...

This dataset on foreign direct investment (FDI) provides cross-country comparisons of income on equity and interests on income from debt, broken down by partner country. Data are provided in US dollars, reported currency and as a share of GDP and are available from 2005 onwards. FDI income data...

The 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness defines the principles and commitments by which donors and developing countries intend to ensure that aid is as effective as possible in contributing to the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development objectives. This...

Development co-operation donors are held accountable for the way they manage aid and the development results they achieve. They want to see more partner country ownership, greater use of partner country systems, and work better together. This involves decentralising responsibility, concentrating...