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10 Oct 2011

World + 34 others
Democratic Ownership and Development Effectiveness: Civil Society Perspectives on Progress since Paris

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— Reality of Aid Project
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New report calls for full review of aid reform impact on development

Aid reform commitments in the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the subsequent 2008 Accra Agenda for Action are said to be part of an international push for results in achieving international development goals such as the Millennium Development Goals.

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25 Mar 2011

World
9 months to deliver: tipping point to make development aid effective

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— Reality of Aid Project
Brussels, March 23. Days after officials at the OECD made plans towards the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), more than 80 representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the globe gathered in Sweden to develop their own strategy for the forum.

HLF4 will be held from November 29 to December 1 2011 in Busan, Republic of Korea. It will assess if commitments of governments made in recent years have been achieved or not, and stands out as a key opportunity for governments to go beyond promises and to commit

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01 Jun 2010

World
South-South Cooperation: A Challenge to the Aid System?

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— Reality of Aid Project
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The report is a specialized selection of researches ranging from the emergence of new global donors such as India, China and South Africa as well as the establishment of a new international financial architecture in South America to the impact of these trends on the diverse economies of Asia, Africa and the Americas. It presents the general condition of the Southern continents along with the specific experiences of Zimbabwe, Uganda and the Philippines, and illustrates the viability as well as the deficiency of the rising South-South development cooperation.
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01 Dec 2009

World
Reality Check: Climate Funds & Development

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— Reality of Aid Project
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Climate Change is the biggest challenge confronting our present generation with potentially catastrophic consequences for ecological systems along with people's health, safety and livelihoods. But its impacts are unevenly distributed. Those with the least contribution to the causes of global warming are the most adversely affected by it. They also command the least resources to adapt to the ongoing changes brought on by climate change.

Mobilizing resources for climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development is therefore an urgent

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01 Apr 2009

World
Reality Check: Financing Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Sustainable Development

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— Reality of Aid Project
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Climate Change is the biggest challenge confronting our present generation with potentially catastrophic consequences for ecological systems along with people's health, safety and livelihoods. But its impacts are unevenly distributed. Those with the least contribution to the causes of global warming are the most adversely affected by it. They also command the least resources to adapt to the ongoing changes brought on by climate change. Mobilizing resources for climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development is therefore an urgent matter for
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01 Sep 2008

World
The Reality of Aid 2008: Aid Effectiveness - Democratic Ownership and Human Rights

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— Reality of Aid Project
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This 2008 Reality of Aid Report presents evidence and opinions from organisations operating on the front lines of development policies around the world about the current reality of aid policies and their outcomes. The reality of aid in 2008 is that it continues to fail to promote human development for the eradication of poverty based on the core values of human rights, democracy, gender equality and environmental sustainability. This is despite the appearance of progress in the form of high-profile debt cancellations, new aid pledges, and the
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01 Aug 2008

World
Reality Check: Civil Society and Development Effectiveness - Another view

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— Reality of Aid Project
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This edition of the Reality Check tackles the critical issues of civil society and development effectiveness. In the lead-up to the Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, CSOs have been challenged to respond to the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in relation to their own effectiveness as aid and development actors. Rejecting the direct application of the Paris Declaration to CSO development roles, CSOs have focused on their roles as innovative agents of change and social transformation. This Reality Check highlights issues of CSO accountability,
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01 Jul 2008

World
Reality Check: Global Vertical Programmes - A Tale of Too Many Funds

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— Reality of Aid Project
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This issue of Reality Check evaluates the phenomenon of global vertical programmes through the lens of aid effectiveness. Clearly, vertical programmes present benefits but also pose challenges. Yet these benefits and challenges differ considerably amongst themselves and among sectors. The reality
of vertical funds is evolving, yet still provides nuanced lessons as we continue to learn how to better deliver aid.
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01 Apr 2008

World
Reality Check: Aid for Trade

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"Aid-for-trade" (AfT) is the catch-all term for trade-related official development assistance (ODA) provided to developing countries. With the Doha Round in the doldrums, Aid-for-trade is gaining even more prominence within offical aid and trade circles. Proponents basically share three common premises that provide the rationale for Aid-for-trade: (1) that trade is beneficial to developing countries; (2) that developing countries may face costs and other constraints that prevent them from fully benefitting from trade; and (3) that aid can offset these costs and constraints,
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25 Oct 2007

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OPT: Abbas, Olmert to meet again to try to bridge gaps

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— Reality of Aid Project
JERUSALEM, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet on Friday in another attempt to bridge gaps in talks over a joint document to be presented at a U.S.-run conference on Palestinian statehood.

Announcing he would lunch with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert again cautioned against expecting any peace breakthrough at the gathering slated for late November or early December in Annapolis, Maryland.

"We don't want to mislead anyone that Annapolis is the event that will conclude peace between us and the

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01 Jun 2006

World
The Reality of Aid 2006: Focus on conflict, security and development cooperation

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The Reality of Aid 2006 Global Report takes on the issues of security, conflict and the war on terror and present life-and-death challenges vis-à-vis development cooperation. With reports from 20 OECD countries, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific, and graphs illustrating major trends in global aid, the Reality of Aid 2006 Global Report provides a unique commentary on the state of development cooperation.

The paper includes analyses on recipient countries including Colombia, the Middle East, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as donor countries.
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30 Jun 2005

Indonesia + 1 other
Reality check Jun 2005: Post-tsunami issues and challenges

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— Reality of Aid Project
Introduction
The Dec. 26 tsunami that hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia, Burma, Seychelles, and Somalia left 176,260 people dead; 12,773 missing; and more than 1 million displaced.

Two weeks after the disaster, governments around the world pledged US$1.2 billion to assist the nine countries worst hit by tsunami. A week later, the amount committed for tsunami relief jumped to almost US$4 billion. By April, according to various news reports, donors had pledged US$6.4 billion.

Meanwhile, the Office for the Coordination

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01 Dec 2004

World
The Reality of Aid 2004: Focus on Governance and Human Rights

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— Reality of Aid Project
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Reports from NGOs in this Reality of Aid present a very diverse picture of governance and human rights in international cooperation. At one end of the scale we see donors and developing country governments focusing on the very practical questions of how aid can be better managed and coordinated. At the other end, we see how selective interpretation of 'good governance' may be used, consciously or unconsciously, to reinforce long-standing patterns of economic and political domination, and the new hegemony of wealth and power concentrated in the hands of a
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31 Oct 2004

Philippines
Reality Check Oct 2004: Mini-Marshall Plan for Mindanao - Will foreign aid help end the Moro war?

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— Reality of Aid Project
Mindanao is a land of contradictions. It is the poorest region in the Philippines in terms of socio-economic indicators. Yet it is also the richest in terms of natural resources. Government blames the decades-old armed conflict in Mindanao for its poverty and backwardness. Past and present governments tried to end the civil war through peace talks and all-out military campaign but failed.

Some donor countries like Canada have long recognized this and have placed Mindanao in their priority. But since 9/11, Mindanao has taken a new complexion as a hotbed of terrorism as the

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