This paper examines key characteristics of six particularly active Southeast Asian providers of development co-operation – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam – and outlines development co-operation trends in the Southeast Asian region.

Cette publication fait suite à une manifestation exceptionnelle qui a réuni des représentants de la société civile venant de pays pauvres et des experts de l'OCDE en Décembre 2000. Il ressort de cet ouvrage que la mondialisation peut avoir un impact positif sur les pays pauvres, à...

Comment définir une économie « émergente » ? A cette question, L’Afrique : réforme et croissance fournit des réponses qui apportent un nouvel éclairage sur la diversité du continent africain. La dynamique de la croissance ne saurait se mesurer uniquement en termes économiques. La...

International development cooperation is in crisis. Questions abound: is it effective? Is it even useful? After ten years of "aid fatigue", here is a lucid, constructive book that sheds new light on the problems, and makes proposals for reform that are both thoughtful and innovative. Jean-David...

In the face of rapid population ageing and the trend towards early retirement, there is a need to promote better employment opportunities for older people. Much has been said about the need for reform of old-age pensions and early retirement schemes but this may not be sufficient to raise...

The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1998 review of the US development aid policies and programmes. It finds that after a period of declining support, the United States has in recent years worked to strengthen both political and public confidence in its foreign assistance programmes....

Every four years, each of the 24 members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations Development Programme as observers is scrutinised by its peers in the Committee. Five different member countries are peer...

The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts periodic reviews of the individual development co-operation efforts of DAC members. The policies and programmes of each member are critically examined approximately once every five years. DAC peer reviews assess the performance of a given...