Development Co-operation Reviews: Luxembourg 1999 [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1999.
The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1999 review of Luxembourg's development aid programmes and policies. It finds that Luxembourg's aid programme has made considerable headway since the first review by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in 1993. The government has implemented most of the DAC's recommendations following that review. Measures taken by the government include:  a new law defining the aims of co-operation; selection of target countries; an increase in the number of staff assigned to the aid programme; an agreement governing relations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Co-operation (MFA) and Lux-Development, the executive agency. Over the last five years the volume of Luxembourg's official development assistance (ODA) has risen by an average of 15 per cent a year in real terms. Luxembourg's development aid reached 0.55 per cent of its gross national product (GNP) in 1997. This advance has been made possible by the unanimous support of political parties and public opinion. The non-governmental organisations occupy a special place in the aid programme since a quarter of bilateral aid is channelled through them. Luxembourg delivers its aid entirely in grant form, and largely untied. The sharp rise in the volume of aid makes it important to control and improve the quality of projects and programmes by means of more stringent selection procedures, closer monitoring of projects and systematic [ex-ante] and [ex-post] evaluations. To that end it is crucial to reduce the number of recipient countries, to strengthen further human resources for the aid programme and to extend training for co-operation staff.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS  -- CHAPTER 1. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK -- The new Development Co-operation Law -- Target country strategy -- Target sector strategy  -- Consistency with DAC strategy: Shaping the 21st Century  -- Attitude of Parliament and public opinion  -- CHAPTER 2. AID MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AID PROGRAMME -- Division of political responsibilities at ministerial level  -- Implementation of the programme through Lux-Development -- Implementation of the programme through NGOs  -- Co-ordination and coherence  -- Quality and efficiency controls -- CHAPTER 3. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES  -- Reducing poverty -- Social services: health and educationPromoting the private sector -- Protecting the environment  -- Promoting gender equality -- Human rights and democratisation -- CHAPTER 4. DEVELOPMENT AID: VOLUME, COMPOSITION AND CONDITIONS -- Aid volume and trends -- Composition  -- Bilateral aid: geographical and sectoral allocation  -- Multilateral assistance  -- Financial conditions of aid, liaison and procurement -- Other official flows, private flows and statistical reporting  -- ANNEX I THE AID PROGRAMME OF LUXEMBOURG FOR CAPE VERDE AND SENEGAL -- ANNEXE II TABLES AND FIGURE -- PRESS RELEASE: DAC AID REVIEW OF LUXEMBOURGDESCRIPTION OF KEY TERMS
The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1999 review of Luxembourg's development aid programmes and policies. It finds that Luxembourg's aid programme has made considerable headway since the first review by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in 1993. The government has implemented most of the DAC's recommendations following that review. Measures taken by the government include:  a new law defining the aims of co-operation; selection of target countries; an increase in the number of staff assigned to the aid programme; an agreement governing relations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Co-operation (MFA) and Lux-Development, the executive agency. Over the last five years the volume of Luxembourg's official development assistance (ODA) has risen by an average of 15 per cent a year in real terms. Luxembourg's development aid reached 0.55 per cent of its gross national product (GNP) in 1997. This advance has been made possible by the unanimous support of political parties and public opinion. The non-governmental organisations occupy a special place in the aid programme since a quarter of bilateral aid is channelled through them. Luxembourg delivers its aid entirely in grant form, and largely untied. The sharp rise in the volume of aid makes it important to control and improve the quality of projects and programmes by means of more stringent selection procedures, closer monitoring of projects and systematic [ex-ante] and [ex-post] evaluations. To that end it is crucial to reduce the number of recipient countries, to strengthen further human resources for the aid programme and to extend training for co-operation staff.
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