New White Paper: Secretary of State Speech

14 March 2006

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An International Development System fit for the 21st Century

From the Consultation Document:

What comparative advantage do the international, regional and bilateral development agencies have in delivering development assistance?

• Which agencies are most effective at helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals and how should we judge this?
• How should the UK government work with the European Union over the next 5 to 10 years to pursue development objectives?

What mechanisms could be used to better balance the international distribution of aid to ensure that under-aided countries are better aided?

What should the UK government be doing differently within the international system to make it more effective at delivering development?

• How can the UK government help to ensure that donors and aid recipients are more accountable to each other?

Supplementary question:

How can the international financial institutions, including the World Bank and IMF, be more responsive to the needs of their developing country clients?

• How can they improve the way they work so that they deliver better results for poor people in poor countries?

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