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Research Report: This report identified many opportunities for enhancing delivery of aid to the Pacific Islands through the harmonisation of aid policies and procedures.
Description
Author: KVA Consult, Apia
This report, carried out jointly with the New Zealand Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, identified many opportunities for enhancing delivery of aid to the Pacific Islands through the harmonisation of aid policies and procedures. The objective of harmonisation is to align the policies, programs, practices and procedures of donors so as to reduce waste and inconsistency in aid delivery, and increase aid effectiveness.
Harmonisation can also encourage better recipient-led aid coordination. The best opportunities for harmonisation exist in countries that already have a strong political commitment to aid coordination and reasonably effective systems for that coordination. It is expected that most donor harmonisation activities would be led and promoted through the partner government and, where possible, in accord with partner government systems. In countries with less effective systems for managing and coordinating aid, it is likely that the harmonisation initiative will need to be more donor-led, while donors work together to build the capacity of local agencies to manage aid.
The Australian and New Zealand governments accepted the report's
recommendation and issued a Joint Policy Statement.
Available: Electronic version only
This report was commissioned by AusAID. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of AusAID or the Australian Government.
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