Alongside a welcome focus on greater accountability in G8 development promises and increased investments in child and maternal health, Canada will be ‘reinvigorating the global campaign against extreme poverty’ at this year’s G8 and G20 meetings.
Zoellick, President of the World Bank, speaks about the future of Haiti.
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In 2008 the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) completed its study on the transparency, accountability and audit of the Tsunami-related aid in Indonesia.
Charles MacCormack outlines four core principles which must guide aid reform in Haiti. Achievements of U.S. foreign aid to Haiti have included halving the child mortality rate in less than 2 decades. However, "Haiti has remained impoverished and so it’s clear, we must do much better". This requires increased accountability through transparency, and the empowerment of one U.S. agency to oversee the development in Haiti. MacCormack argues that "USAID should also lead development efforts, so that the fractured efforts of the dozen U.S.
The recent talks held between donor agencies and Guyanese people have highlighted the need for serious increase in communication and mutual responsibility for the use of aid. Donors have recognised the need to ‘reach more deeply into the society they intend to serve’ and adopt principles of transparency around disclosure of information. Hopefully the intentions expressed are genuine. If they are, aid effectiveness will see a turn for the better in Guyana.
This briefing paper looks at trends in oversees development assistance to Haiti from 1989-2008. The study includes annual amount of aid received in the country, a comparison between bilateral and multilateral aid, how it has been spent, and how levels compare with that in other countries. Well worth a read – click here.
