UID:
almafu_9958063672202883
Format:
1 online resource (120 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-03067-4
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9786610030675
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92-64-18056-7
Series Statement:
Development Co-operation Reviews, no.36
Content:
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 and NGOs and on effective development education. In particular, 40% of the bilateral programme administered by Norway is channelled through Norwegian NGOs. There is a strong poverty focus in Norway’s long-term development assistance, with aid flowing predominantly to poor countries with good policies. Norway adopts a three-pronged approach: help the countries to foster economic growth; contribute to social development programmes; and target aid on vulnerable groups. Norway’s operational approaches and budget allocations for poverty reduction can nevertheless be further strengthened, as part of the overall international effort to reduce half the proportion of poor by the year 2015. Norway’s ambitions to contribute to human rights, democracy and peace, have created new policies as well as pressing challenges at the strategic and organisational level. Furthermore, while Norway has been keen on concentrating its bilateral assistance in twelve priority countries, political and humanitarian priorities have emerged as a second element of Norwegian aid, leading to increased geographic dispersion.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 92-64-17169-X
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264180567-en
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