L’« appropriation » rend l’aide plus efficace en élargissant les options politiques de ses bénéficiaires. Les gouvernements doivent encourager l’élaboration de stratégies de développement et l’organisation de débats au niveau local. La conditionnalité est un échec.

Les organismes d’aide et les investisseurs privés s’en remettent de plus en plus aux indicateurs de gouvernance. Ces indicateurs font l’objet d’utilisations abusives généralisées. Les utilisateurs comme les pays en développement gagneraient à ce que les indicateurs soient plus...

Les dépenses publiques d’éducation sont en hausse en Amérique latine, mais les avancées récentes ne peuvent masquer des problèmes persistants. Les systèmes éducatifs latino-américains doivent être plus inclusifs et l’enseignement de meilleure qualité. ? ? L’enseignement est...

<ul> <li>En créant et en exploitant des « idées », l’activité des entreprises privées tire la croissance, dans les pays riches comme dans les pays pauvres. </li> <li>La mise en place d’un environnement propice aux affaires est une condition nécessaire mais non suffisante pour promouvoir le secteur...</li></ul>

Over the last five years, most Latin American governments have made considerable strides in managing the composition of their public debt, while reducing their foreign-currency exposure. Issuing public debt in local currency is not new for Latin America; what is new, however, is the widespread...

The idea of local “ownership” of development policies is now popular among the donor community, but without a reduction of conditionality on aid disbursements, enhanced ownership will be difficult to achieve. While there are still strong reasons for attaching certain kinds of conditionality...

Political and social troubles worsened in 2007, but the long term trend is positive. Progress towards democracy continues, despite some severe setbacks. Democratic institutions need to foster dialogue and social cohesion.

The “raw materials curse” is far from being an inevitability, as shown by Norway and Chile. Both examples offer valuable lessons to developing countries on how to sensibly manage mining and oil resources. Following Norway’s example, Chile could build upon its experience and become a key...

Financial actors from developing countries are playing with other OECD financial giants as equals through their Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). SWFs could become major actors of development finance if they chose to allocate 10 per cent of their portfolio to emerging and developing economies over...

The recent expansion of African horticultural exports has proven that business is changing on the continent. The experience of Senegal and Mali suggests that the two countries are facing major challenges in strengthening policy co-ordination, improving business environment and realising market...