Working for Development in Difficult Partnerships

There has been over recent years a growing awareness in the international community of the need for donors to stay engaged, despite the risks involved, even in countries where the DAC partnership model does not apply fully. The broad consensus shown at the 2002 DAC High Level Meeting in its discussion on development co-operation in difficult partnerships was a clear reflection of this new awareness. This section of the Report provides summaries of two recent DAC meetings on difficult partnerships, the first addressing the issue in a general way, the second focusing on the specific problems confronting the reconstruction and recovery effort in Afghanistan.