This Issue of the South Bulletin reflects upon the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness that took place in Accra, Ghana from 2-4 September and prepares its readers for the upcoming Monterrey review conference on Financing for Development that takes place in Doha, Qatar in end-November. The Editorial by Dr. Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre is on “Assessing Accra Action Agenda” while the Op-Ed piece by Vikas Nath, South Centre is on the launch of the INSouth.org platform.

Analysis and commentaries appearing in the Bulletin, include on Enhanced Financial Mechanism for UNFCCC: The G77 Proposal; Financing for Development from Monterrey to Doha; Keeping Developing Countries Hooked on the Aid Drug; Food Crisis in India; and Let us not Build the EPA in the Graveyard of Regionalism.

This Issue of the South Bulletin focuses on the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness taking place on 2-4 September in Accra, Ghana. The Editorial by H.E. Benjamin W. Mkapa, Chairman of the South Centre is on  "Beyond the Paris Declaration" while the Op-Ed piece by Dr. Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre is on "Ending Aid Dependence: Conceptual Traps of an Outdated Aid Vocabulary".

Analysis and commentaries appearing in the Bulletin, include those on Behind the July Failure of the Doha Round; The Cost of Doing Nothing on Climate Change; EPA for whose benefit?; and on The Destruction of African Agriculture. In addition, this issue includes a review of the book “Ending Aid Dependence” recently published book by the South Centre which will be launched at the Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness.

The Editorial by Dr. Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre is on "Role of Civil Society in Reclaiming National Space" while the Op-Ed piece is on "Returned to Sender: TRIPS-Plus IP Enforcement Attempts by World Customs Organisation through Universal Postal Congress” by Dr. Xuan LI, South Centre. Geneva.

Analysis and commentaries appearing in the Bulletin, include those on High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness: Some Issues of Concern; Aid and National Development: Where is the African Strategy?; Measuring Innovation: Conceptual Underpinnings of the WIPO Patent Report 2008; Boom, Bane or Bluster: Regional Blocs in Question; and Effective Coordination Works.

South Centre Analytical Note - August 2008

This South Centre Analytical Note looks at the 25 July 2008 final consultative draft text of the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) that is expected to be adopted by participants at the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana, from September 2-4, 2008.

It argues that the text of the AAA sets the participation of developing countries within the framework and the norms set by developed country donors and will therefore end up strengthening the OECD-DAC framework and its associated governance structure, and does not suggest any inherent change in the governance structure of the international aid system which continues to be donor-driven and reflects donors’ economic and policy agendas.

 Yash Tandon, Executive Director, South Centre

Fahamu Books & South Centre

ISBN 978-1-906387-29-7, 160 Pages, Large Crown, Second Edition

Foreword by H.E. Benjamin W. Mkapa

Now the French and Spanish version of Foreword and Conlcusion are available:  Click to download French version     Click to download Spanish version           

This book was first launched at a side event "Beyond Aid Dependence" to the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra on 1st September 2008, 16:00-18.00 at the CSO Parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness.

This was followed by launches in other countries.

3 October 2008, The Free World Foundation, Oslo, Norway 1 November 2008, MANI TESE, Riva del Garda, Italy 4 November 2008, Chatham House, London, UK

 Purchase this book from: http://www.fahamu.org/publications/item/ending_aid_dependence 

Note for Media / Book Reviewers: Please contact Mr. Vikas Nath, Head -Media and Communication, South Centre at nath@southcentre.org  or +41 22 7918050 for advance electronic copy of the Book.

South Centre Analytical Note - May 2008

This South Centre Analytical Note looks at the 18 March 2008 first consultative draft text of the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) that is expected to be adopted by participants at the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana, in September 2008. It argues that the text of the AAA sets the participation of developing countries within the framework and the norms set by developed country donors and will therefore end up strengthening the OECD-DAC framework and its associated governance structure, and does not suggest any inherent change in the governance structure of the international aid system which continues to be donor-driven and reflects donors’ economic and policy agendas.