Improving Division of Labour Policy Workshop Monday, 8 December 2008 Brian Hammond OECD, DCD

Promoting division of labour (1): OECD DAC measure of aid fragmentation –Quartile distribution of DAC and major multilateral donors by country –15 African countries have to manage over 24 donors; average is 18

Promoting better division of labour (2): Measure of opportunities for concentration –Distribution of donors providing just 10% of a country’ s total CPA –Shows opportunities for improved donor concentration –Less than 10% of CPA from more than 15 donors in 5 countries in Africa; 33 countries worldwide.

A matrix showing the major partners for each donor and scope for concentration

Example of a donor with concentration on few partners

Example of donor with programme in most African countries

Further analysis: scope for concentration by sector

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