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Global Debt Relief and Donor

Funds; Coordinating Agencies;

Access of Funds and

Beneficiary Programmes

Pharm (Mrs) Bisi Bright,MNIM,MPH,FPCPharm,FPSN

1st Vice Chairman / CEO, LiveWell Initiative LWI

Consultant Clinical Pharmacist / Public Health Manager

Faculty Member, Economist Conferences

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• After the Second World War, the United States used their aid funds to

help rebuild Europe; thereafter during the Cold War era from the 1960s to

the 1980s. Foreign aid was often used to support client states in the

developing world.

• In 2003, the first High Level Forum on Harmonization was convened by

the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development[(OECD)

•Donor agencies committed to work with developing countries to better

coordinate and streamline their activities at the country level.

• Thereafter, Paris 2005 Declaration

• Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) 2008

Background

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“Humanitarian assistance must be provided in accordance with the

Humanitarian Principles namely:

Humanity: Human suffering must be addressed wherever it is found,

with particular attention to the most vulnerable in the population, such

as children, women and the elderly. The dignity and rights of all victims

must be respected and protected.

Neutrality: Humanitarian assistance must be provided without

engaging in hostilities or taking sides in controversies of a political,

religious or ideological nature.

Impartiality: Humanitarian assistance must be provided without

discriminating as to ethnic origin, gender, nationality, political opinions,

race or religion. Relief of the suffering must be guided solely by needs

and priority must be given to the most urgent cases of distress.

Adherence to these principles reflects a measure of accountability of

the humanitarian community.” - UN General Assembly resolution 46/182, 1991.

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• Ownership

• Alignment

• Harmonisation

• Managing for Results

• Mutual Accountability

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• Busan Partnership for Effective

Development Co-operation

• Cooperation, Coordination, Monitoring and

Evaluation

• Palpable outcomes and impact

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Africa already has the

resource wealth it needs to

pull itself out of poverty, it just

lacks the institutions that allow

for the creation of wealth from

these riches.

De Soto, Hernando (2000). The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else. Basic

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• Food Security

• Health Policy

• Water Supply – increase access to safe

drinking water

• Economic Migration

• Land Reforms

• Peace Process

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Water Supply

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LiveWell InitiativeDriving innovation in Global

Development

• BRICS – Brazil, India, China and South

Africa

• “N11” donors - South Korea, Chile, Mexico

• Established non-DAC donors - Gulf

States, Russia

• Non-State donors - philanthropic and

private sector donors

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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)

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Health Policy

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HEPATITIS IN AFRICA.....www.livewellng.org

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• Paul Mosley and others conclude that it is impossible to establish any significant correlation between aid and growth rate of GNP in developing countries.

• Generally donor agencies regularly report the success of most of their projects and programs. This contrast is known as the micro-macro paradox.

• Not all aid is intended to generate economic growth. Some aid is intended for humanitarian purposes; some may simply improve the standard of living of people in developing countries

• The micro-macro paradox has also been attributed to inadequate assessment practices

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• The impact of aid on GDP growth is positive

and significant in developing countries with

"sound" institutions and economic policies

• Aid has less or no significant impact in

countries with "poor" institutions and policies.

• They argue that aid should be systematically

allocated to countries conditional on "good"

policy.

Burnside, Craig; Dollar, David (September 2000). The American Economic

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Debt Relief

• that assistance is not coordinated with

other donors, leading to duplication

• outputs - the establishment of relief

services and donor coordination are not

measurable

• applying Debt Payments to Global

Fund Grants considering levels of

transparency among government structures

and in determining debt relief status

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through:

• Redesigning aid architecture and

improving aid effectiveness

• Reforming public finance management

• Strengthening resource allocation and use

at sector and local levels

• Improving national policy and planning

processes

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and Reliable

• Transparency and accountability are essential elements for development results, as well as drivers of progress (AAA)

• Mutual accountability and transparency is one of the five partnership commitments of the Paris Declaration

• Through 'transparency', donors and recipients can be held accountable for what they spend and aid can be made more

- See OECD, "The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness". March 2, 2005.

- Jump up OECD, "The Accra Agenda For Action", 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, September 4, 2008.

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• Who gives money to which recipient?

• What project is being funded and for what

purpose? and

• Where?

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The World Bank Group and the

Organisation for Economic Co-

operation and

Development(OECD) have

partnered to make global data on

aid funding more easily accessible

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Good Humanitarian

Donorship (GHD)

The GHD initiative was created by donorgovernments at a meeting in Stockholm in 2003with the idea of working towards achieving efficientand principled humanitarian assistance.Signatories must allocate their humanitarian aid onthe basis of need and without discrimination(impartiality); they must not favour any side in apolitical dispute (neutrality); and their humanitarianobjectives must be autonomous from political,economic or other objectives (independent). 37donors are now signed up to the principles.

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• Is Donor Funding Indispensable?

• Can it be made „scalable?

• Can Transparency be instituted?

• Will there be Debt Relief granted?

• Will Busan Policy apply here??

• How, ...When??....and Where???

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• will explore innovative financing of infrastructure development,

• technology sharing and

• health..

The program will focus on the role of the rising donors (Brazil, China, India, South Africa), the “N11” donors (South Korea, Chile, Mexico), established non-DAC donors ( Gulf States, Russia), and non-state donors (philanthropic and private sector donors), in driving innovation in global development. The research will examine the feasibility of building new multilateral arrangements between the emerging donors and the traditional donors, in the sectors of infrastructure development, technology sharing and health.

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Development Assistance

Committee (DAC)

The DAC is the Development AssistanceCommittee of the OECD. Its members are:Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, NewZealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the UnitedStates and the European Commission. Thesemembers have „agreed to secure an expansion ofaggregate volume of resources made available todeveloping countries and to improve theireffectiveness‟.

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• infrastructure development,

• technology sharing and

• health

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• Research will focus on public and private

financing mechanisms for the provision of

public goods, including people public-

private partnerships PPPPs.

• Emphasis on private sector involvement in

contributing to global development

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• Sustainability is the key word

• Innovation is the key principle towards

attaining sustainability

• Partnerships are an inevitable component

of Innovation and Sustainability

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Pharm (Mrs) Bisi Bright,MPH,FPSN,FPCPharm

CEO, LiveWell nitiative LWI,

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Thank You for listening

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