2007 was a year of significant change in the global development context. Various earlier trends continued. Emerging economies contributed to a more explicitly multi-polar world. The donor community further diversified – to include emerging economies as well as private foundations and global funds. Also, donors, international institutions, partner countries and, increasingly, civil society organisations intensified their quest for a practical response to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness adopted in 2005. Emerging donors and in particular China defined and strengthened their role as partners for development in Africa, in a way that has raised doubts about the directions in which donor practices are evolving.
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