Virtual briefings

Virtual briefing__ Outcomes of HLF-4 Busan for ARD

9 Dec 2011.

What were the implications of the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectivness for Agriculture and Rural Development? — View the webcast of Brian Baldwin’s presentation followed by a lively and fruitful online discussion with Platform members.

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Virtual briefing__ Evidence Paper on ARD for HLF-4

22 Nov 2011.

How much progress has been made in ARD towards the realisation of the Paris Declaration? What are the problems and challenges? — View the webcast of Michael Wales’ online presentation, followed by a discussion on how the agriculture sector has been able to respond to the five Paris principles of ownership, alignment, harmonisation, managing for development results and mutual accountability.

// HLF-4 Busan

The Global Donor Platform’s Evidence Paper aims to support the inclusion in HLF-4 of quantitative and qualitative evidence of progress and challenges in implementing specific Paris commitments.

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Virtual briefing__ Strategic role of the private sector in ARD

28 Oct 2011.

Direct support is often rather ineffective, says Jonathan Mitchell — lead author of the Platform’s study on the strategic role of the private sector in ARD. View the webcast of his online presentation, outlining key findings, discussing comments and ideas with online participants.

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// Aim of Platform Knowledge Piece 3

Private sector activity is transforming rural areas in the south. To engage effectively with the private sector, policy makers should understand the changes which are taking place. The aim of this Platform Knowledge Piece is to improve the understanding of the role of the private sector in agricultural and rural development and to propose practical and operational measures for donors to engage effectively with the private sector to encourage more developmental outcomes.

"Policy uncertainty really destroys investments and performance in rural areas" - Jonathan Mitchell

// Research questions

How has the private sector responded to the ‘rolling back’ of direct state involvement in rural areas, and the emergence of other opportunities?
What is the impact of this private sector activity on low-income rural households and the dynamism and competitiveness of the agricultural sector?
What has determined the success of donors, governments, NGOs and other initiatives to stimulate private sector development?
What are the implications of this analysis for the way that Platform members support private sector development in rural areas?

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PKP3__ Strategic Role of the Private Sector in ARD

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Virtual briefing__ Aid to ARD and food security

24 Oct 2011.

View the podcast of an online discussion with Lídia Cabral — lead author of the Platform’s study on aid to ARD and food security — outlining key findings, discussing comments and ideas with online participants.

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// Background

Is it really true that important policy changes are not easily traceable by means of standard statistical measures? - This conclusion of the recently published Platform Knowledge Piece 2 sheds a different light on the effectiveness of aid allocation, country-level planning and related efforts to strengthen global aid transparency and accountability.

Virtual briefings provide an easy-to-access interactive and timely opportunity to receive first-hand information on the Platform Knowledge Pieces and to discuss key findings with the author.

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PKP2_Aid to ARD and Food Security

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Main study

Virtual briefing__ Policy coherence for ARD

17 Oct 2011.

In a brief but comprehensive online discussion Steve Wiggins - lead author of the Platform's study on policy coherence for ARD - outlines the key findings inviting online participants to share their comments and ideas - brief and to-the-point.

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// Background

Today, six years after Paris and barely two months until Busan we ask ourselves - what are the benefits of agriculture and rural development today? Have these benefits improved coherence and consistency of policies?

Virtual briefings provide an easy-to-access interactive and timely opportunity to receive first-hand information on the Platform Knowledge Pieces and to discuss key findings with the author.

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PKP1_ Policy coherence for ARD

// Missed out?

You can always still join our second virual briefing on Aid to ARD and food security on Thursday, 20 October at 15:00 CET