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Embracing all forms of development cooperation

World Bank Aid Effectiveness ShowcaseToday, the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) will open in Busan, Korea. The HLF-4 is an opportunity for the global development community to come together and showcase the results that our partner countries have been producing, and to shape the future course of the aid effectiveness agenda in a dramatically changing global development landscape.

Scoring the Bank’s progress: Are we satisfied?

In almost every meeting that I’ve been in over these last few days – be it with government officials, development partners or civil society –   the words ‘results’, ‘accountability’, ‘openness’ and ‘effectiveness’ dominate.  It’s not that the focus on results or accountability is new or unexpected, but I think each one of us has recognized the urgency to deliver and demonstrate results, in an open and transparent manner, and step back and assess what we’re doing and how it is helping our partner countries and the people who live there.

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