Development Co-operation Reviews: Luxembourg 1999 [electronic resource] / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

Development Co-operation Reviews, 20743688 ; no.32.

Development Co-operation Reviews, 20743688 ; no.32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance.

Economic policy.

Luxembourg--Economic conditions.

Luxembourg.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1999 review of Luxembourg's development aid programmes and policies. It finds that Luxembourg's aid programme has made considerable headway since the first review by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in 1993. The government has implemented most of the DAC's recommendations following that review. Measures taken by the government include: a new law defining the aims of co-operation; selection of target countries; an increase in the number of staff assigned to the aid programme; an agreement governing relations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Co-operation (MFA) and Lux-Development, the executive agency. Over the last five years the volume of Luxembourg's official development assistance (ODA) has risen by an average of 15 per cent a year in real terms. Luxembourg's development aid reached 0.55 per cent of its gross national product (GNP) in 1997. This advance has been made possible by the unanimous support of political parties and public opinion. The non-governmental organisations occupy a special place in the aid programme since a quarter of bilateral aid is channelled through them. Luxembourg delivers its aid entirely in grant form, and largely untied. The sharp rise in the volume of aid makes it important to control and improve the quality of projects and programmes by means of more stringent selection procedures, closer monitoring of projects and systematic [ex-ante] and [ex-post] evaluations. To that end it is crucial to reduce the number of recipient countries, to strengthen further human resources for the aid programme and to extend training for co-operation staff.

Contents:

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER 1. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

The new Development Co-operation Law

Target country strategy

Target sector strategy

Consistency with DAC strategy: Shaping the 21st Century

Attitude of Parliament and public opinion

CHAPTER 2. AID MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AID PROGRAMME

Division of political responsibilities at ministerial level

Implementation of the programme through Lux-Development

Implementation of the programme through NGOs

Co-ordination and coherence

Quality and efficiency controls

CHAPTER 3. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES

Reducing poverty

Social services: health and educationPromoting the private sector

Protecting the environment

Promoting gender equality

Human rights and democratisation

CHAPTER 4. DEVELOPMENT AID: VOLUME, COMPOSITION AND CONDITIONS

Aid volume and trends

Composition

Bilateral aid: geographical and sectoral allocation

Multilateral assistance

Financial conditions of aid, liaison and procurement

Other official flows, private flows and statistical reporting

ANNEX I THE AID PROGRAMME OF LUXEMBOURG FOR CAPE VERDE AND SENEGAL

ANNEXE II TABLES AND FIGURE

PRESS RELEASE: DAC AID REVIEW OF LUXEMBOURGDESCRIPTION OF KEY TERMS

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9789264172050 (PDF)

9786610030507

92-64-17205-X

OCLC:

1024268580