Post 2015: Global Action for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future

CHApTER SEvEn
Any post-2015
global framework
will require better
international
cooperation
on aid and
effectiveness.
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disbursing aid (Grimm and Zhang, 2012). While
they might not wish to lead in implementing a post-
2015 global framework, they do regard strengthening
cooperation with other developing countries as a
cornerstone of their foreign policies.
another notable outcome of busan was the stronger
integration of a newly formed group of countries.
Several countries and international organisations 88
endorsed the ‘new Deal for Engagement in Fragile
States’ (International Dialogue on peacebuilding
and Statebuilding, 2011), which recognises the
specific development challenges facing fragile states
and sets out five goals (legitimate politics, justice,
security, economic foundations and revenues and
services) to clarify the policy priorities in such
states (International Dialogue on peacebuilding
and Statebuilding, 2011). these goals complement
the paris Declaration by reinforcing its call for
alignment and harmonisation, providing guidance
on the application of paris principles in fragile
situations, and extending the aid-effectiveness
framework to encompass ‘whole-of-government’
approaches and policy coherence in the political,
security and development nexus (manning and
trzeciak-Duval, 2010).
International cooperation for aid and
development effectiveness beyond 2015
any post-2015 global framework will require better
international cooperation on aid and effectiveness.
there is a need both to maintain the momentum on
applying the principles of aid effectiveness and to
integrate new concerns such as the engagement in
fragile states and the impact of non-oDa financial
flows on development. moreover, there is a need to
ensure the more active engagement of new actors,
especially the emerging powers 89 .
EuropEan rEport on DEvElopmEnt 2013
there are two main ways in which better
cooperation can improve the contribution of
aid to development. one option is to pursue the
harmonisation of all donor policies, in line with
the agenda on aid effectiveness. this may not be
feasible, however, because of some unwillingness,
particularly on the part of non-traditional donors,
to adopt an agenda they perceive as dominated by
the oEcD. the second option is to explore other
ways in which to ensure that all aid providers respect
the principles of effective development cooperation,
in particular predictability and policy space.
In a post-2015 context, all countries will need
to continue their efforts to build a development
partnership that is stable and transparent and
allows ownership and policy space to developing
countries. a post-2015 framework could provide an
opportunity to achieve progress on cooperation for
tackling global challenges, including development,
and mechanisms to monitor the allocation of public
resources to lIcs from advanced and emerging
economies. the Eu also has a responsibility to foster
closer international cooperation in the post-2015
context, including with emerging powers (box 7.8).
International cooperation in global
public policies
In a globalised world, governments can improve
their internal stability and prosperity to
some extent, but they must also contend with
international conditions that are beyond their
reach. many development challenges are of a global
nature and require coordinated global responses.
While all governments must take action to address
global challenges, coordinating these actions is
complex. the role of aid is changing from funding
local development projects to addressing global
88 afghanistan, australia, austria, belgium, burundi, canada, central african republic, chad, Democratic republic of congo, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Guinea bissau, Guinea, Haiti, Ireland, Japan, liberia, luxembourg, netherlands, new Zealand, norway, portugal, Sierra
leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, timor-leste, togo, united Kingdom, united States, african Development
bank, asian Development bank, European union, oEcD, un Development Group, World bank.
89 the nepal case study proposes that emerging Southern economies could allocate 0.2% of GnI as aid to lDcs and adhere to the principles of
national sovereignty, national ownership and independence, equality, non-conditionality and non-inference in domestic affairs as outlined in
the un resolution on South–South cooperation.