Development Co-operation Reviews
Subtitle: Netherlands 1997
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: Development Co-operation Reviews -- no.24; Development co-operation review series -- no.24
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9789264162556
Subjects: Development
Description: The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1997 review of the Netherlands development aid policies and programmes. It finds that The Netherlands is traditionally a strong performer in the community of aid donors. It has been among the leading donors in volume of official development assistance (ODA), the care with which it has been used, and in continuous efforts for increased effectiveness.In its triennial review of the Netherlands' aid policies and programmes, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) was particularly interested in the Netherlands' ambitious, even daring, reorganisation of its development co-operation which was undertaken in 1996. This far-reaching reorganisation affects the budget process and staffing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies in recipient countries. The DAC also welcomed the planned focus of Dutch aid on poverty eradication through economic and social sector development and noted the four Dutch volume input targets.The trend in the Dutch ODA effort, which declined between 1986 and 1994 as a share of Dutch GNP ration has turned around between 1994 and 1996. In 1996, The Netherlands was the fourth-ranking DAC Member in terms of ODA/GNP ratio and the fifth-ranking in absolute terms. The Committee commended the Netherlands on its ODA performance and hoped that the Dutch Information and Awareness Programme would continue to help inform the Dutch public, which has registered firm support for Dutch aid.
Table of contents: title: Summary and conclusions; title: PART I. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK; title: Chapter 1. Development co-operation policy; title: 1. General policy and recent adjustments; title: 2. Policy focus: main themes and coherence; title: 3. From project to programme aid; title: Chapter 2. Aid management; title: 1. Towards decentralisation; title: 2. Partners in development; title: 3. NGOs; title: 4. Assessing quality and results; title: Chapter 3. Building capacity; title: 1. Public management .; title: 2. Civil society; title: PART II. ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION; title: Chapter 4. The aid budget and total financial flows; title: 1. New targets for development co-operation and ODA; title: 2. Sub-targets for ODA .; title: 3. Trends and prospects for ODA; title: 4. Total financial flows: growing private investment and NGO contributions; title: Chapter 5. The bilateral programme; title: 1. Volume and distribution; title: 2. Selected issues and special programmes; title: Chapter 6. Multilateral co-operation; title: Chapter 7. Effectiveness of aid; title: 1. Evaluation and monitoring systems; title: 2. Results and feedback; title: Chapter 8. Development education and information; title: 1. Development co-operation in school curricula; title: 2. Public opinion and information; title: Annexes:; title: -1. The Netherlands aid policy: recent government reports; title: 2. Development co-operation with Bangladesh: findings of an OECD Secretariat field mission; title: 3. Tables, Graph, Charts; title: Press Release of DAC Aid Review of the Netherlands; title: Description of Key Terms