OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: The Netherlands 2017
The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts periodic reviews of the individual development co-operation efforts of DAC members. The policies and programmes of each DAC member are critically examined approximately once every five years. DAC peer reviews assess the development co-operation performance across government of a given member and examine policy, finance and implementation. They take an integrated, system-wide view of the development co-operation and humanitarian assistance activities and seek input from a wide range of stakeholders – civil society, parliament, private sector and partner countries.
This review assesses the performance of the Netherlands, including looking at its integrated aid, trade and investment policy focus, and its approach to partnerships.
Field visit to Bangladesh
As part of the peer review of the Netherlands, a team of examiners from Ireland and Sweden visited Bangladesh in November 2016. The team met with officials from the government of Bangladesh and the embassy of the Netherlands, a parliamentarian, other bilateral providers, representatives from Dutch and Bangladeshi businesses and civil society organisations, multilateral agencies and knowledge partners.