What does that imply in terms of support for the media?
The media is indeed very important, and I hope and believe that donors will continue to give due attention to media, and in particular to local media. For a strong sense of representative ownership, after all, public debate of developmental issues is essential. If recipient countries do not live up to commitments, aid funds will be reduced. What kind of sanctions are there to enforce donor compliance? This is a tough issue, and it is not easily resolved. First, I think we should point to one important particularity of the PD: it has given the aid effectiveness agenda clear indicators and an in-built monitoring process, which implies the possibility of “name and shame” donor countries that do not comply. We expect this process to be followed very closely, certainly by civil society, but also in the DAC itself. Moreover, we can point to progress in two crucial areas: – we are moving away from conventional donor-imposed ex-ante conditionality to mutually agreed conditions that focus on d
