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In Paris 2005, world leaders agreed to increase the effectiveness of the aid that they provide. The
 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness has created a powerful momentum for change in the way developing countries and donors work together.
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Accra Agenda for Action, endorsed during the September 2008 Accra High Level Forum, has re-focused the political debate on the need for country ownership, more and inclusive partnerships and achieving development results and openly account for them.
The challenges arising from Accra is to advance the aid effectiveness agenda at sector level to enhance overall development effectiveness and impact.
Although the proportion of official development assistance spent to the agricultural and rural development sector is slowly on the rise after the dramatic hike in food prices in 2008, an effective agriculture-for-development agenda is still a far vision. This is despite the evidence showing that sustainable agricultural development centred on smallholders is the most promising and most sustainable approach to address rural poverty and hunger.
Therefore, the members of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development have set up
Joint Donor Principles for Agriculture and Rural Development Programmes to foster greater effectiveness of public investment in ARD.
More about the Joint Principles... |
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What drives rural development? What are the principles or values that are, or should be, guiding donors and partners in rural development? What are the current approaches that are, or should be, undertaken by donors and partners in the delivery of rural development, particularly in the context of harmonisation and alignment?
These are some of the questions that our members and associate members have discussed and debated during 2005 through 2006, in order to identify areas of consensus in rural development.
The outcomes of these discussions are included in the document
On Common Ground: A Joint Donor Concept on Rural Development More on the Joint Donor Concept... |
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We are striving to identify and close information gaps and improve systematic lesson-learning with all rural development stakeholders.
Some of the latest and ongoing Platform studies take a closer look at the new modes of aid delivery in agriculture and rural development (SWAp and PRSP studies), promote dialogue with and engagement of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) within the aid effectiveness agenda or tackle the question of how to measure progress towards achieving the MDGs (Core Indicators for Agriculture and Rural Development). Platform Studies |
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