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presented drawing heavily from the commitments made on Paris Declara� on
and Accra Agenda for Ac� on and both the status and challenges were
discussed. Basically PEFA assessment in Nepal, Paris declara� on Monitoring
Survey, 2008, use of country systems in procurement and progress on Public
Financial Management were discussed. Prac� cal commitments both from
GON and donors were made in this mee� ng together with an agreed ac� on
plan to follow up. (NPPR 2008, 2008)
An eff ort was made in 2009 to organize Nepal Development Forum (NDF)
which eventually fell through. Stakeholders’ consulta� on mee� ngs were held
to lay groundwork for NDF including one on Foreign Aid Policy. A dra� Foreign
Aid Policy 2009, was prepared and presented in the mee� ng for discussions.
Major highlights on this dra� paper included: 1) support of F A Policy to
develop Nepal within next 10 to 15 years into a medium – income country, 2)
help achieve a high, inclusive and just growth with focus on domes� c savings
mobiliza� on, 3) priori� ze investments in GON’s priority sectors and the
sectors with compara� ve advantage and compe� � ve strengths, 4) help in
na� onal capacity building and sustain it through knowledge and technology
transfer. The dra� incorporated the elements of both Paris Declara� on and
Accra Agenda of Ac� ons. (Foreign Aid Policy 2009, 2009)
A revised dra� named Foreign Aid Policy 2010 reinforced Paris Principles
of aid eff ec� veness as was reaffi rmed by the AAA and to be complemented
by subsequent resolves (indica� ng towards HLF 4 at Busan as well) aiming at
transparency, accountability, predictability and sustainability by enhancing
na� onal capaci� es, domes� c resources mobiliza� on and op� mizing the
opportuni� es for trade and investment. (Foreign Aid Policy 2010 - Revised
dra� for Discussion, 2010)
2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declara� on
The Key Findings of the Aid Eff ec� veness Survey, 2008 are as follows:
S. No. Indicators Results (%)
1 Aid on budget 74
2 Technical coopera� on 34
3 Coordinated technical assistance 14
4 Using country public fi nancial management system 68
5 Using country procurement system 59
6 Parallel project implementa� on units (number) 106
7 In year predictability 47
8 Program based approaches (budget and other support) 32
9 Program based approaches (budget support) 20
10 Joint missions 36
11 Joint country analy� c work 37
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Changing paradigms of aid eff ec� veness in Nepal