Efforts to open up an opportunity for developing countries to have a bigger voice in development are starting to make a tangible difference to how development cooperation is carried out， a new UNDP-OECD report finds.

“Making Development Cooperation More Effective： 2014 Progress Report” finds that global economic turbulence， conflicts in parts of the world， and budgetary pressures in many high-income countries have not shaken the international community’s determination to making development cooperation work better.

The report reviews progress at the half-way point between 2011， when new commitments were made globally， and the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals （MDG）.

Drawing on data from 46 developing countries receiving development cooperation and 77 countries and organizations providing it， the report covers almost half of all official development assistance programmed for developing countries.

The report presents a new approach that gives developing countries a stronger leading role in ensuring greater impact of development cooperation. The report draws its assessment on the monitoring framework designed to reflect recipient countries’ priorities for effective development cooperation， and draws on data from their own information systems.

‘Longstanding efforts to change the way development cooperation is delivered are paying off’， the report says. The report finds that country ownership continues to strengthen， and there is stronger recognition of the important role played by non-state development actors in development. Successes in improving the quality of aid delivery include untying aid and sharing information on development cooperation more transparently. Yet the report acknowledges that much more needs to be done to improve cooperation practices to fully respond to developing countries’ priorities and ensure benefits to their citizens.

The Global Partnership helps nations， business and organizations work better together to end poverty. It was conceived at the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan， Korea， in December 2011. Ministers from developing countries and high-income countries， business leaders， heads of international organizations， civil society and parliamentarians will come together at the first High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation in Mexico City on 15-16 April to share lessons learned and agree on actions to boost progress.

The report provides a central piece of evidence to answer the question of whether development cooperation has become more effective in the past two years. ‘The quality is -- not just the quantity -- of development cooperation is receiving a great deal of attention all over the world， and it is improving’， state the ministers from Indonesia， Nigeria and the United Kingdom leading the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. The UNDP and OECD jointly support its functioning.

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聯(lián)合國開發(fā)計(jì)劃署（UNDP）和經(jīng)濟(jì)合作與發(fā)展組織（OECD）聯(lián)合發(fā)布的報(bào)告稱，目前發(fā)展中國家在發(fā)展問題上擁有的發(fā)言權(quán)已對如何實(shí)施發(fā)展合作方面產(chǎn)生了實(shí)質(zhì)性的影響。雖然經(jīng)濟(jì)動(dòng)蕩、世界部分地區(qū)仍有沖突、某些高收入國家財(cái)政壓力巨大，但國際社會并沒有動(dòng)搖改善發(fā)展合作的決心。這部分援助占國際社會對發(fā)展中國家發(fā)展援助項(xiàng)目的一半。該報(bào)告展示了賦予發(fā)展中國家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力的新方式，確保發(fā)展中國家在發(fā)展合作中擁有更大影響力。該報(bào)告依據(jù)的是本組織的信息系統(tǒng)和發(fā)展合作評估監(jiān)測框架。該報(bào)告搜集到46個(gè)接受發(fā)展合作計(jì)劃的國家和77個(gè)提供援助的國家及國際組織的數(shù)據(jù)。