Objectif 8 : Mettre en place un partenariat mondial pour le développement

Global Partnership on Millennium Goals Remains Strong in Africa

The MDGs rely on international cooperation and global partnership, which are critical for the achievement of the goals.  The partnership has remained strong, even during the 2008-9 crisis period.  Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) rose in 2008 despite the crisis.

However, the rise was well below the commitment of 0.7% of GNI by OECD countries.  Africa is likely to be allocated only abut USD 12 billion of the USD 25 billion envisaged for 2010 at the Gleneagles Summit.  This is due in large part to the underperformance of some European donors who give large shares of ODA to Africa.

In 2009, only five developed countries reached or exceeded the UN target of 0.7% of GNI as aid to developing countries – Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Additionally, the OECD projects that overall ODA as a proportion of GNI for the OECD/DAC members in 2010 will be 0.33%, instead of the 0.36% forecast at Gleneagles.

On the creation of open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system, no progress was made during the year.

For Africa, success in the Doha trade talks, success will be measured by progress in agriculture, Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA), duty-free and quota-free access fro LDCs, Aid-for-Trade and Special and Differentiated Treatment (SDT).  The prospects for progress on some of these issues do not appear to be very good.