Aziz for donors' accountability
Finance and Planning Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam has urged the donors to establish a system of accountability of donors in an effort to make foreign aid effective.
“There is no system of establishing accountability of donors,” he told the ministerial session of the high level `Forum on Aid Effectiveness' in Accra, Ghana on Thursday, according to a message received here yesterday.
By contrast, he said, the recipient countries still have to go through diverse conditions by the donors.
The adviser led a 3-member delegation to the 3rd Forum held September 2-4. He co-chaired the opening session of the Forum with OECD Secretary General, while Ghana President John Agyekum Kufuor delivered the address of welcome.
Dr Aziz said the aid architecture and its effectiveness have improved to a large extent since the inception of Paris Declaration in 2005.
“The commitment of the developed countries to provide 0.7 percent of their GNP as ODA, as embodied in the first International Development Strategy adopted in 1960s, remained unfulfilled even after five decades,” he reminded the donors.
The adviser stressed that the objectives of the third Forum to enhance effectiveness deserve support and it should not detract attention from the need for increasing the volume of aid to the developing countries.
The consensus embodied in Accra Declaration is actually owned by capitals of donor countries and headquarters of multilateral donor agencies, he said and urged the donors to empower their country offices to implement the decisions on the ground.
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