Development Co-operation Reviews: Norway 1999

The Development Assistance Committee's 1999 review of Norway's aid policies and programmes. It finds that Norway’s aid effort ranks second among DAC Members in terms of ODA to GNP ratio. Broad national consensus towards Norway’s development assistance is based on strong support by churches...

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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2000.
Colección:Development Co-operation Reviews, no.36.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705232906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 1 NORWAY'S OVERALL POLICY FRAMEWORK AND NEWDEVELOPMENTS; Overview of the Strategy; The Strategy; Assessment of the implementation of the Strategy's main points and new orientations; Policy focus and key goals; Bilateral assistance; Multilateral co-operation; Humanitarian and post-conflict assistance and NOREPS; Norway's debt relief strategy; Support to the private sector; Information, development education and public opinion; Policy coherence; Introduction; Objectives and organisation; Trade flows and market access; Procurement
  • CHAPTER 2 AID MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATIONPolicy responsibility and the division of labour between the MFA and NORAD; Policy responsibility and the integration of the aid system; The division of responsibilities between the MFA and NORAD; The role of the embassies and the decentralisation of the aid system; Country and sector programming and implementation; Country programming; Budget allocation and sector concentration; Private sector promotion; The role of NORAD and the mixed credit programme; The role of GIEK; The Norwegian Risk Capital Fund for Developing Countries (NORFUND)
  • Aid and the civil society: the importance of Norwegian NGOsThe Norwegian setting; Guidelines and administration; The role of the five main NGOs as agents of Norwegian aid; The future role of NGOs; Aid evaluation, efficiency and performance reviews; Objectives of the evaluation process; Scope and organisation of the evaluation process; Implementation, findings and follow-up of evaluations; Performance measurement and overall assessment; CHAPTER 3 SOCIAL SECTOR AND CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES; Overview; Sector-wide approaches in health and education; The 20/20 Initiative and basic social services
  • Gender equalityEnvironment; Peace, human rights, democracy, and anti-corruption; Poverty reduction; CHAPTER 4 BASIC PROFILES; ODA volume; Contribution to multilaterals; Main categories; Geographical distribution; Income distribution; Sectoral distribution; Tying; Official aid; ANNEX I MOZAMBIQUE REPORT; ANNEX II BANGLADESH REPORT; ANNEX III STATISTICS OF AID AND OTHER FLOWS; PRESS RELEASE OF THE DAC PEER REVIEW OF NORWAY; DESCRIPTION OF KEY TERMS