Santiso ppt 4sep08 The Hague

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DAC / Development Centre Policy Workshop
Delivering Aid Effectiveness Improving
Complementarity and Division of Labour
Javier Santiso Director and Chief Economist OECD
Development Centre
? 8 December Paris, France ?
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The Development Centre the Bridge Between OECD
and Emerging Economies
OECD - 23 members
Non-OECD - 10 members
Chile South Africa India Thailand Egypt
Indonesia
Israel Brazil Romania Vietnam Colombia
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Public Support for Development Aid is High
Average OECD DAC country percentage of people who
say it is very important to help people in poor
countries develop. Source Eurobarometer and
national survey for non-EU countries, available
at www.oecd.org/dev/devcom
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Bilateral ODA and GDP in DAC Countries
Sometimes Decoupled
Sources OECD Development Centre (2008), based on
OECD DAC, 2008 and World Bank WDI online
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Recent Development Centre Publications on the
Financial Crisis and Aid
Working Paper Frot, E. and J. Santiso (2008),
Development Aid and Portfolio Funds Trends,
Volatility and Fragmentation, Development Centre,
Working Paper No. 275 The Fallout from the
Financial Crisis Reisen, H. (2008), Emerging
Markets Under Stress, OECD Development Centre,
Policy Insight No. 83. Prizzon, A. (2008),
External Debt Sustainability Should More be
Done for the Poor?, OECD Development Centre
Policy Insight No. 84. Mold, A., Ölcer, D., and
Prizzon, A. (2008), Will Aid Budgets Fall Victim
to the Financial Crisis?, OECD Development
Centre, Policy Insight No. 85. Mold, A. (2008),
Implications for FDI to Developing Countries,
OECD Development Centre, Policy Insight No.
86. Zimmerman, R. (2008), The End of Public
Support for Development Aid?, OECD Development
Centre, Policy Insight No. 87.
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For More Information
www.oecd.org/dev Thank you.
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