Development Finance International
3 April - Launch Plans for Government Spending Watch (GSW)
DFI and Oxfam will jointly launch the new Government Spending Watch (GSW) initiative in Washington DC on 19 April and in London on 16 May. The meetings will launch the draft executive summary of the GSW 2013 report, website and database which aim to galvanise campaigning and advocacy for greater spending on the MDGs, by providing analysis and data on spending in 55 countries, as well as a campaigning and advocacy hub for spending and transparency. More details of the launch and the analysis will appear on this site and on the GSW site which will go live on 19 April.
March 2013 - OIF/DFI Enhanced Cooperation on Development Finance
Following a mandate from Francophone Ministers in Tokyo in October 2012, OIF and DFI have agreed an enhanced partnership on development financing issues. This will establish a technical network of senior officials from Finance Ministries from OIF IDA-eligible member states, which will be supported by country case studies and multi-country research on managing development finance, quarterly newsletters and a website. The technical network (which will hold its first meeting in April) will help member states to learn from one another about best practices in financing development, and to reach agreement on key issues for the Ministerial Network’s advocacy and lobbying activities.
27 March - The Age of Choice
DFI participated on a panel to launch an ODI report on The Age of Choice, examining the new landscape of concessional finance for developing countries, with increasing presence of South-South providers, and whether this is allowing them greater choice in sourcing funding and ensuring it is more closely aligned with their national priorities. The video of the meeting is available here.
19 March - ODI Study on Localising Aid
Does transferring aid money direct to the accounts of national institutions and organisations, i.e. ‘’localising aid”, strengthens the sectors in which this method is applied? This is the question raised by a new report from ODI which examines the impact of localising aid on the main 3 sectors of society- the state sector, the private sector and civil society- in stable low-income, middle-income, and fragile states. The study concludes that while not by any means a panacea, localising aid is a tool that cannot be ignored in any aid strategy aimed at strengthening state systems.
18 March - Development Finance: sources and impact
In the current context of severe budget cuts jeopardizing donor aid contributions, a new report from Eurodad and commissioned by CONCORD’s Aidwatch examines all different sources of development finance and their characteristics, while analysing their impact on poverty and sustainable development. The report divides sources into the following six categories: domestic sources, private capital flows, ODA and philanthropy, external government borrowing and lending, illicit capital flight, and new “innovative” financial resources.
