Development Co-operation Reviews: Germany 1998 [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.29.

Development Co-operation Reviews, 20743688 ; no.29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Development.

Germany.

Local Subjects:

Development.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 p. ) ill..

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1998 review of Germany's development aid policies and programmes. It finds that the German aid programme is one of the largest in the world, and it is managed with great expertise and skill. It is strongly oriented towards the partnership principle. The three basic objectives of German aid are poverty reduction, protection of the environment and natural resources and education and training. Poverty reduction, gender and the protection of the environment are cross-cutting tasks permeating all German aid activities. Since the last review of its development co-operation programme by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee in 1995, Germany has taken several measures to improve the quality and effectiveness of its aid. These measures include:- the reformulation of the concept for development policy; - the establishment of guidelines for the integration of poverty reduction and gender into all project and programme design; - the conception and implementation of development-oriented emergency assistance programmes, including conflict resolution activities; - a new approach to evaluation; - decentralisation of the German technical assistance agency (GTZ); and the establishment of field offices by the financial co-operation agency (KfW); - more systematic relations with non-governmental organisations. At the same time, there are still significant challenges in adapting a complex multi-institutional management structure to evolving needs for policy-based, co-ordinated programmes, and also in overcoming persistent pressures on the budget. The volume of German aid for developing countries has been falling significantly in recent years. As a share of GNP, ODA net disbursements fell from 0.42 per cent in 1990 to 0.28 per cent in 1997. Assistance for the reform process in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union also declined sharply in 1996 and 1997.

Contents:

Summary and conclusions

Chapter 1. Policy framework

Basic policy and new orientations

Political responsibility and policy coherence

i) The Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ)

ii) The Federal Foreign Office (AA)

iii) Broader aspects affecting developing countries and coherence in national policies

iv) European Union aid programmes

Country, regional and sector strategies

Follow-up on DAC policy Principles and Recommendations

Public opinion and Parliament

Chapter 2. Implementing the programme

The Bank for Reconstruction(KfW) and the Agency for T echnical Co-operation(GTZ)

Other specialised agencies (DED, DSE, GDI)

The Political Foundations

Other non-governmental organisations(NGOs)

Aid co-ordination and field representation

Performance measurement, evaluation and overall effectiveness

Chapter 3. Poverty reduction and gender

Chapter 4. Other development priorities

Environment

Education and training

Private sector development and public/private partnerships

Crisis prevention and development-oriented emergency assistance

Human rights and the rule of law

Chapter 5. Volume, composition and terms

ODA volume and outlook

Composition of ODA

i) Bilateral aid

ii) Debt re-organisation and forgiveness

iii) Geographic distribution

iv) Multilateral aid

Financial terms, tying, procurement and anti-corruption policies

Official aid to countries in transition

Total resource flows

Annex 1. The German aid programme in Peru 

Annex 2. German Development Co-operation in Ethiopia

Annex 3. German Co-operation and participatory development and good governance

Annex 4. Graphs, tables and chart

Press release of DAC Aid Review of Germany

Description of key terms

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-03043-7

9786610030439

92-64-16366-2

OCLC:

1024237730