New White Paper: Secretary of State Speech

2 February 2006

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Political Governance, Corruption and the Role of Aid

From the Consultation Document:

What can donors do to help build more effective states?

• How can poor men and women be empowered to demand action from their governments and hold them to account?
• How can donors best help when working in fragile states?

How can the UK Government make sure that development is led by developing countries themselves?

• Should the UK Government ever attach conditions to aid – if so, which ones?
• What should be done when a country has an illegitimate government but a lot of poor people?
• What is the ideal balance between working with governments, civil society and the private sector?

Supplementary questions:

Are the four characteristics of effective states mentioned in the speech the right ones (authority, responsiveness, accountability and legitimacy)?

• How can donors help partner countries build these characteristics?
• What should be done to help poor people in countries where corruption is a big problem?
• How can the UK do more to tackle corruption, internationally and in developing countries?
• How can the private sector and civil society help tackle corruption?

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