The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation brings together governments, civil society, bilateral & multilateral organisations, parliamentary representatives, and the private sector to enhance development cooperation. Development effectiveness could be understood as a critical enabler for the 2030 Agenda, based on the premise of collective action and responsibility. It is centered on four principles: 

  • ownership, 
  • inclusive partnerships,
  • results-orientation, 
  • and transparency & mutual accountability. 

These values played an important role in informing the discourse on all forms of cooperation for development. 

While the international community has been developing and implementing this rationale for almost two decades, the question of their impact on achieving development goals remains unanswered. To study how it may lead to sectoral outcomes, a research project was undertaken. It was funded by the European Commission and implemented jointly by Southern Voice, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE). 

The project involved case studies in six countries across three sectors.  The  focus was on  education, agriculture and social protection. Scholars looked  at six countries: Bangladesh, El Salvador, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. 

Additionally, it also had a thematic paper component with  themes covering different dimensions of development effectiveness. These varied from good governance, results monitoring and assessment, role of delivery strategies to sectoral coordination. 

Currently, the project is nearing completion and will produce a synthesis report consisting of all the six case studies and the thematic papers. The results of the project will guide discussions at the International Conference on the Effectiveness of Development Cooperation in Brussels, Belgium this November. Additionally, the results will inform the consultations to be held at the High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership in Geneva, Switzerland in December, 2022.

Southern Voice is a vibrant network of 59 think tanks from Africa, Latin America & Carribean and Asia aimed towards addressing the knowledge asymmetry existing in the global dialogue for sustainablity. GRADE conducts rigorous research and is considered one of the most important social research centres in Latin America. It is also the current host organisation for the Southern Voice Secretariat. The Centre for Policy Dialogue is a leading research institution based in Bangladesh, addressing regional and global policymaking through research and strategic partnerships.

For more information on the project, you can reach out to Geetika Khanduja (geetika@southernvoice.org).

RELATED POSTS