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Confi dence in Nepal’s procurement and other fi duciary systems can
ul� mately be built only by those who implement those systems. The
challenge is to the accountants, managers and administrators within GoN
and DP agencies to ensure that the systems are operated as designed and
that inappropriate ac� ons are challenged and addressed.
Nepal cannot ignore climate change and must consider how it reframes
the development paradigm.
Social diversity has been given prominence as Nepal seeks to reframe its
approach to poverty. Similarly, governance and state building take on new
meanings in the post confl ict environment. All these cross cu� ng issues need
to be integrated into the aid eff ec� veness discourse.
The debate around the structure of the state presents par� cular
challenges in terms of aid eff ec� veness. Aid eff ec� veness will need to be
reconfi gured for the ‘new’ Nepal as it develops into a diff erent 21st century
state.
Aid eff ec� veness in the future will need to engage with and bring into
the wider framework including neighbouring countries who s� ll provide
considerable support and assistance. (Nepal Country Evalua� on for Joint
Evalua� on of the Implementa� on of the Paris Declara� on, Phase II, 2010)
Nepal’s Road to Busan
An online consulta� on, involving over 60 developing countries and
163 people, came down in support that Busan should remain focused on
the Paris Declara� on and AAA commitments, emphasizing the need for
accountability and ac� on to implement exis� ng commitments. Alignment,
capacity development, managing for results and transparency were
highlighted as par� cularly important areas of the aid eff ec� veness agenda
to date. Developing countries stated the need for their ac� ve involvement in
prepara� ons for HLF-4. (Aid Eff ec� veness, 2011)
In this context, the following is recommended as Nepal’s road to Busan
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1) Prepara� on: Nepal must prepare fi rst its agenda for Busan through
wide consulta� ons with diff erent Nepali stakeholders – which should
include parliamentarians, poli� cal par� es, academia, civil society
and ins� tu� on like AAMN which is a leading non-state actor on aid
monitoring in Nepal. The delegates to Busan must come up with
a single but composite voice of all the stakeholders which should
include not only measures to consolidate governments’ posi� on as
an anchor for development delivery but should also include diverse
concerns of community groups, NGOs, local governments and the
private sector as agents of change and development in this country,
especially during present transi� on.
2) Agenda for Busan: Agenda that Nepalese delegates should
advocate and push at Busan should also be widely discussed with
Changing paradigms of aid eff ec� veness in Nepal