It is important that developed countries ensure aid predictability and aid effectiveness through the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

Since the 2002 Monterrey Conference, there had been renewed focus on aid effectiveness and the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness provided a framework to ensure the quality of aid.

9. Encourages further efforts to improve aid effectiveness, and invites the next World Bank Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development conference on aid effectiveness to ensure the full participation of developing countries in future work on aid effectiveness

A key issue in development finance is aid effectiveness.

The OECD countries were strongly committed to aid effectiveness.

Aid coordination and harmonization were described by many speakers as crucial factors in improving aid effectiveness.

In that sense, aid effectiveness was a two sided concept.

Donors have been increasingly concerned with the effectiveness of their aid.

The move towards budget support was not important for aid effectiveness.

His country, one of the most aid dependent countries in Africa, put a high premium on improving aid effectiveness.

(b) ODA following guidelines for aid effectiveness applicable to both donor and partner countries, such as the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and particularly of ODA being more predictable and harmonized

He also stressed the importance of initiatives to enhance the quality of aid, including the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

The Asian Group welcomed the Gleneagles G8 initiative on aid, but the quality and effectiveness of aid were equally important.

Many ministers underlined the importance of sound public management to achieve aid effectiveness.

The effectiveness of ODA was linked to the way recipients used that aid.

In that situation, aid effectiveness should apply to both developed and developing countries.

Moreover, in accordance with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, it was necessary to enhance the quality and effectiveness of foreign aid by aligning it with national development priorities and harmonizing aid from various donors to ease the administrative burden on recipient countries.

Indeed, aid effectiveness could be undermined just as much by incompetence as by corruption.

What is just as important, if not more so, is the effectiveness of aid.

We must also think in terms of aid effectiveness, accountability, good practices and ownership.

In that regard, the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness is an important step forward.

The expert from the OECD made a presentation on the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

Aid harmonization and improved donor coordination overall would increase the effectiveness and impact of interventions.

Many participants expressed concern about the current distribution, volume, trends, effectiveness and conditionality of aid.

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness provides an excellent framework for developing and deepening cooperation.

These efforts gained momentum following the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness adopted in March 2005.

Third, the international community would have to increase the level and effectiveness of aid flows.

Improving the quality and effectiveness of aid should be an urgent concern for all partners.

The GM aims to mobilize funds by enhancing the cost effectiveness of existing aid flows.

Ninth, establish economic reconstruction zones to jump start sustainable economic activity, create jobs and export earnings, improve aid effectiveness and accountability, and avoid aid dependency.

On the policy side, we have learned a good deal about increasing the effectiveness of aid.

In addition, increases in ODA must be accompanied by actions aimed at scaling up aid effectiveness.

Developed countries must make commitments to increase both the quantity and effectiveness of aid to developing countries.

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, adopted in March 2005, is a positive development in this respect.

An increase in assistance would go hand in hand with an international effort to enhance aid effectiveness.

In that context, Switzerland fully adheres to the Paris agenda on aid effectiveness and is convinced that harmonizing aid remains crucial to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

In addition, there is need for a new approach in allocations of ODA, further reduction in the tying of aid, and improvement of aid coordination and effectiveness.

For that, we need to improve the quantity, quality and effectiveness of aid, as well as policy coherence.

But, in addition to the issue of volume, improving the quality and effectiveness of aid is another challenge.

The principles set forth in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness of March 2005 needed to be implemented.

We should also encourage the adoption by September of specific goals on the harmonization and effectiveness of aid.

In line with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, we believe that aid must be predictable and time bound and that donors should align themselves with country procedures.

At the High level Forum on Aid Effectiveness recently held in Paris, the Union committed itself to improving the quality of its aid and to rationalizing its procedures.

He went on to call for greater effectiveness in aid use, which would be important even if aid resources were more abundant, and suggested that recipient countries might find themselves competing increasingly for limited aid resources.

In addition to increasing nominal ODA levels, efforts have been made to enhance aid effectiveness through better harmonization of aid procedures and improved coordination of donor policies and procedures.