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International Development Policy in 2005

International Development Policy in 2005. Government of the Republic of Zambia’s National Consultation on the Commission for Africa Richard Montgomery, Lusaka 1 st December. Overview. International policy consensus? The 2005 MDG Review: renewed international commitment?

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International Development Policy in 2005

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  1. International Development Policy in 2005 Government of the Republic of Zambia’s National Consultation on the Commission for Africa Richard Montgomery, Lusaka 1st December

  2. Overview • International policy consensus? • The 2005 MDG Review: renewed international commitment? • Some key (contentious?) issues • Zambian Voices • The 2005 process

  3. The International Development Policy Agenda – A Fragile Consensus • The Millennium Development Goals • Debt relief (HIPC) & Trade reform • Monterrey Commitments on Aid Volumes and Delivery behind PRSPs • Specific commitments to support the New Partnership for Africa (NEPAD) • Conflict Reduction and Global Security

  4. Why a CfA for 2005? • United Nations MDG Review • Are the G8 delivering on their promise to support NEPAD? (G8 Africa Action Plan) • UK Presidency of the G8 and European Union

  5. UN Millennium Project – Independent Submission to the 2005 UN Review • Massive scaling up of Aid to meet needs • 100% debt cancellation for PRSP countries • Focus on Investment Clusters (what works) • Fulfil existing commitments • Some naming and shaming

  6. Open to criticism • Can countries ‘absorb’ extra aid on this scale, and so quickly? • Will aid be used efficiently, particularly in States with weak public expenditure management systems? • Aid is seen as more effective in some countries rather than others – no uniform approach?

  7. Some key (contentious?) issues • How to scale up aid volume? (New financing commitments: IFF) • Not just aid volumes, but how aid is delivered (harmonisation, budget support, versus project aid) • Conditionality • Debt relief: 100% cancellation? • Trade and the Doha Round

  8. Zambian Voices • Scope for scaling up aid? (eg. The Medium Term Expenditure Framework has gaps) • Not just aid volumes, but how donors operate and behave? (eg. Proposed Aid Policy; preferred forms of aid?) • Conditionality: Controversy over the ‘Present Rules of the Game’ (eg. HIPC, PRGF, Budget Support Conditions) • Debt Relief (eg. HIPC originated in the Jubilee Campagin: what next?)

  9. The 2005 Process • Not just a Zambian submission to the CfA (that’s only one route) • Other International fora • Via Regional blocs (SADC, AU, the NEPAD process); Via international blocs & UN • Lobbying donors and their Headquarters • International civil society channels – eg. the debt campaign; the Churches.

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