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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 4 1. DEVELOPMENT IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT ......................................................... 6 New trends, new actors and increasing diversity of development strategies ........................................... 6 Increasing complexity of National Strategies .......................................................................................... 7 The need for sharing policy experiences .................................................................................................. 8 The implementation of the Strategy: Tools for responding to a changing environment .......................... 8 2. PROGRESS IN APPLYING THE WHOLE-OF-OECD APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT ............... 10 Applying a multi-dimensional perspective to development....................................................................... 10 a) Horizontal collaboration and information sharing ............................................................................. 10 b) Strategic alignment ............................................................................................................................ 11 c) Monitoring performance .................................................................................................................... 12 d) Communication .................................................................................................................................. 13 Towards a more inclusive policy sharing Organisation ............................................................................. 13 Applying a “PCD lens” to OECD’s work .................................................................................................. 14 Deepening partnerships and ensuring complementarities .......................................................................... 16 Responding to the demand of Partner countries ........................................................................................ 18 3. STATUS OF STRATEGY PROPOSALS ................................................................................................ 21 1. Strengthening OECD Members’ capacities to design policies consistent with development ................ 21 Proposal 1: Curbing illicit financial flows (IFFs)................................................................................... 21 Proposal 2: Global food security and policy coherence for development .............................................. 22 2. Contribution to international processes and global development architecture ...................................... 24 Proposal 3: Post-2015 development goals .............................................................................................. 24 Proposal 4: Monitoring progress on Busan outcomes ............................................................................ 26 3. Strengthen engagement with developing countries ............................................................................... 27 Proposal 5: Multi-dimensional country reviews..................................................................................... 27 Proposal 6: Platforms for regional economic monitoring ...................................................................... 30 Proposal 7: A review of the Policy Framework for Investment (PFI).................................................... 32 Proposal 8: Addressing common challenges in commodity-based economies ...................................... 33 Proposal 9: Addressing the challenges of knowledge development and upgrading in Global Value Chains ..................................................................................................................................................... 35 Proposal 10: Incorporating inclusive green growth into development policies as part of efforts to promote sustainable development .......................................................................................................... 36 Proposal 11: Addressing the challenges of migration and development ................................................ 39 Proposal 12: Facilitating long-term institutional investment into infrastructure projects in developing countries ................................................................................................................................................. 41 Proposal 13: Sound budgeting for fiscal transparency ........................................................................... 44 Additional Proposal: Inclusive innovation ............................................................................................. 45 4. CROSS-CUTTING THEMES ................................................................................................................... 47 Inclusive Green Growth ............................................................................................................................. 47 2 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment ......................................................................................... 48 Domestic Resource Mobilisation ............................................................................................................... 50 Education for Development ....................................................................................................................... 53 5. RESOURCE ALLOCATION ................................................................................................................... 55 ANNEX AN OVERVIEW ON PROGRESS TO DATE .............................................................................. 58 1. The two core pillars of the Strategy ....................................................................................................... 59 2. The 14 proposed projects ....................................................................................................................... 62 3. The cross-cutting areas .......................................................................................................................... 75 Tables Table 1. Indicators for the global monitoring framework ................................................................... 27 Table 2. Total estimated resources of the two development markers compared to other horizontal themes 2013-2014 ...................................................................................................................................... 56 Table 3. Total Estimated Part I Budget Resources 2013-14 for the marker on the development strategy……………… ............................................................................................................................... 57 Figures Figure 1. Development Strategy 2013-14 - Breakdown of Estimated Resources by Funding Source . 56 Boxes Box 1. The Knowledge Sharing Alliance (KSA) ....................................................................................... 14 Box 2. The importance of coherent policies for development ................................................................... 16 Box 3. Post 2015-Agenda: Where do we Stand? ....................................................................................... 25 Box 4. “Beyond the Millennium Development Goals: Towards an OECD contribution to the post-2015 agenda” ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Box 5. Findings from preliminary consultations with Uruguay, Myanmar and the Philippines ............... 29 Box 6. Examples of policy actions generated by IPRs in developing countries ........................................ 33 Box 7. Greening Growth in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges .................................. 36 Box 8 Green Growth, Development and Developing Countries ................................................................ 38 Key Policy Messages ................................................................................................................................. 39 Box 9. Identifying and mobilising migrants’ skills for development ........................................................ 40 Box 10.Institutional investors as a potential source of infrastructure investment in developing countries43 Box 11. “Toward green growth in emerging and developing Asia” .......................................................... 47 Box 12. Key messages from Closing the Gender Gap: Act Now for developing countries ...................... 49 Box 13. Lessons from PISA for a post-2015 development landscape ....................................................... 54 3 INTRODUCTION 1. In the aftermath of the worst global economic and financial crisis of our lifetime, the near-term global economic outlook remains weak. Unemployment remains high and public finances are in a perilous state in most countries of the OECD. At the same time, the emerging-market economies have slowed and millions have fallen back into poverty in the developing world. Last but not least, inequalities keep rising worldwide, including in some fast growing emerging-market economies. 2. Especially in this time of economic stress, development remains a key challenge and policy priority for the international community. Sluggish growth, stretched public finances, high levels of unemployment and growing inequalities put pressure on our development commitments,