Messages from the Progress report -- What needs to be done, and by whom? -- Ownership -- Alignment using national development strategies and country systems -- Harmonization -- Managing for development results -- Mutual accountability -- Sector perspectives -- The roles of civil society...

Development cooperation 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 decentralizing responsibility, concentrating...

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...