Trade and Development Board, 53rd executive session

Activities undertaken by UNCTAD in support of Africa: Enhancing Aid Effectiveness - From Paris to Busan

Questions for discussion:

• How can aid be used to catalyse other forms of development finance and lay the foundations for exiting from aid dependence in the medium to long run?
  
  
• How can the aid community improve on the quality of aid disbursed to recipient countries?
  
  
• How can lessons from South-South cooperation contribute towards greater aid effectiveness?
  
  
• What kinds of institutional mechanisms should be put in place by African governments to improve on the quality of aid?
  
  
• What does Africa expect from the Fourth High-Level Conference on Aid Effectiveness?