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eff ec� ve and effi cient management of aid. The 12 indicators were reaffi rmed
in the Accra Agenda for Ac� on in 2008. It is almost set to be looked into
The Paris Declara� on in more cri� cal fashion in the forthcoming high level
forum in Busan of Korea in 2011. Transla� ng Paris commitments into real life
situa� on has remained a challenge amid evolving development orienta� on.
Global synthesis of the phase II evalua� on of the Paris Declara� on reveals
that it is s� ll relevant in many of the countries to improve quality of aid
management, partnership, transparency and their impact on development
results. As compared to the pre-2005 situa� on, the Paris Declara� on has
brought about crucial tempo of reform in aid management. Of the fi ve
principles of aid eff ec� veness, country ownership has advanced farthest,
while alignment and harmoniza� on progressed unevenly and managing for
development result and mutual accountability are advancing least (DIIS,
2011).
Being one of the signatories to the Paris Declara� on, Nepal also
par� cipated in the second and third monitoring surveys in 2006 and 2011
respec� vely, and the second country evalua� on of its implementa� on in
2010. Both the surveys registered some progress but indicated long way to
go. The second monitoring survey, among others, revealed that there were
s� ll 106 parallel Implementa� on Units and 36 percent of aid fl ow do not use
formal budgetary channel in Nepal (MoF, 2006). If it is calculated on average
per donor basis, it reaches nearly 56 percent as hinted in the preliminary
dra� of the third survey report. Findings of the third survey are yet to be
published, offi cially.
The fi ndings of country evalua� on of the Paris Declara� on in Nepal are in
line with global fi ndings except in regard to development result. It revealed
that the Paris Declara� on is s� ll relevant in Nepal, par� cularly in the context
of undergoing poli� cal, social and economic development. It has raised the
strong concerns towards development results in Nepal. Its contribu� on
to enhance country ownership and alignment of Development Partners
strategies with the na� onal development strategy is moderate. However,
its contribu� on to the use of country system, harmoniza� on and mutual
accountability is less plausible. Changes observed by the evaluators in terms
of intermediate outcomes as well as development outcomes are more
infl uenced by the natural phenomena of change, including strong desire
for transforma� on than by the Paris Declara� on per se. Having said this,
the considera� on for implementa� on of the Paris Declara� on has plausibly
contributed to develop the level of asser� veness and confi dence in major
development actors in Nepal (MoF, 2010).
Nepal is found to be proac� ve in terms of crea� ng demand of the use
of good prac� ces in aid management. Government capacity were shown
by expressing readiness to take lead in conduc� ng and managing various
aid related na� onal and interna� onal fora, like Nepal Development Forum
(NDF), Nepal Por� olio Performance Review (NPPR) and similar networks,
taskforces, and ini� a� ves for transparency, data sharing and so forth for aid
eff ec� veness. (MoF, 2010). However, there are problems experienced in
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