These key messages provide an overview of the important part aid predictability and transparency plays in making aid more effective. It looks at the results of the 2011 OECD-DAC Survey on Donors’ Forward Spending Plans and examines where aid is likely to be allocated and which country groupings may expect to see major changes in aid volumes. It also examines the accuracy of donors’ forward spending plans and looks at initiatives of how to further improve the Survey through better accessibility and comprehensiveness of Survey data.