Publication

This report provides an analysis of the performance and progress of Commonwealth countries in relation to aid effectiveness. The Commonwealth embraces a number of major donors and a substantial number of aid recipients. This report is intended to serve as background information for the Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ meeting at the end of September 2009 and to guide the discussion around progress and policies on aid effectiveness. The author maintains that despite some signs of progress, high-level commitments to aid effectiveness are yet to be adequately translated into changes in agency behaviour on the ground.