How Can Aid Be Gender Responsive in the Context of the New Aid Modalities? Lessons From Gender Responsive Budgeting Initiatives

Jan 01, 2009
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This document presents the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (PD) (2005) demonstrate a global commitment to reform aid management modalities, and improve the quality of aid so that it contributes to the achievement of collectively agreed development goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In this context, gender equality advocates, human rights activists, and environmental groups have demanded increased action to ensure that aid reform translates into rights-based, sustainable, and equitable development.