Discussing aid effectiveness in London
I'm in London accompanied by several delegates from Capitol Hill in Washington for a series of meetings with key UK policy makers to discuss the effectiveness of aid. The US and UK are major contributors of foreign aid. As such, it's important that we regularly sit down and examine how successful our contributions have been and how to better our assistance.
The delegates and I will also attend the International Development and Aid Effectiveness Conference hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. The broad aim of the conference is to challenge parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth and the world to hold their respective executives to account for development funds given, received and allocated. Given the current financial climate, I imagine this year's conference will focus mostly on ensuring that allocated aid is actually given.
It's also anticipated that Prime Minister Gordon Brown will attend and give remarks at the opening reception. That's the rumour anyway!
Either way, it should be a very interesting week. I will update you on what comes of it.
Posted at 08:15 19 November 2008 by Eddie Burke | Comments[0]
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