Global Partnership Gathers in Mexico Amid Faltering Progress and Scepticism Sam Jones - The Guardian
go to original April 14, 2014

A gaggle of world leaders, diplomats, NGOs, corporate representatives and thinktanks will descend on a Mexico City conference centre this week to continue their search for new solutions to old problems.

According to the UK's international development secretary, Justine Greening, the first high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC), represents an "incredibly important opportunity" to ensure that poor countries receive the skills and investment needed to end their dependency on aid.

While few would disagree with her assessment, little is expected of the Mexico meeting.

The partnership, created in Busan, South Korea, three years ago, aims to bring together aid donors and recipients, emerging economies, civil society organisations, private sector companies and foundations in the hope of eradicating poverty through better cooperation.

It is based on five principles intended to make aid more effective: ownership; alignment; harmonisation; mutual accountability; and results. Central to its philosophy is the concept of ownership: letting developing countries set their own strategies for poverty reduction, improving their institutions and tackling corruption.

So far, 161 governments – including key emerging nations such as India, China, Nigeria, Indonesia and Turkey – have declared their support for the partnership. Some 1,500 development leaders are expected to congregate in Mexico.

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