Tackling rural poverty, together

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The Paris High-Level Forum was hosted by the French Government on February 28 - March 2, 2005 and attended by development officials and ministers from ninety one countries, twenty six donor organizations, representatives of civil society organizations and the private sector. In the concluding statement - the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the Ministers as well as the Heads of multilateral and bilateral development institutions committed their countries and institutions to far-reaching and monitorable actions to significantly increase aid effectiveness.

Commitments from the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness include:

• Developing countries will exercise effective leadership over their development policies, strategies, and to coordinate development actions;
• Donor countries will base their overall support on receiving countries' national development strategies, institutions, and procedures;
• Donor countries will work so that their actions are more harmonized, transparent, and collectively effective;
• All countries will manage resources and improve decision-making for results;
• Donor and developing countries pledge that they will be mutually accountable for development results.