I’m just back from the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, which took place in South Korea last week. It was a busy few days of negotiations, exchanges and discussions, but I’m glad to say that we finally agreed on an outcome which I think we can all be proud of. 

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, as it is known, sets out future development commitments to make aid more effective and help to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.  Crucially, it is the first aid effectiveness agreement to include the major emerging economies.

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