African Economic Outlook 2007 Access to drinking water and sanitation in Africa Expert meeting, December 1, 2006 Javier Santiso, Deputy Director and Chief Economist, OECD Development Centre

2  … OECD members and partners Governing Board open to non-OECD: South Africa, Brazil, Chile, India, Romania, Thailand are members  … research and policy Intellectual autonomy, no obligation of consensus  … policy communities All development policies, not just aid  … different actors (private, public, etc.) Informal dialogue The OECD’s Knowledge Centre on Development A bridge between …

3  A resource for policy makers, researchers, students, investors, …  A tool for policy dialogue amongst African partners (APRM, …) and with their partners (EC, G8, OECD)  An innovative product (new indicators …)  An innovative process (tri-partnership OECD- ADB-EC, network of African experts, gradual transfer …) African Economic Outlook: Monitoring the performance of African economies

4 AEO leading the way in citations…

5 … and international policy dialogue In 2006, over 2250 participants at 35 events  Special meetings in OECD capitals  Parliamentarians in Africa and Europe  Leading think tanks in African and OECD countries  NEPAD Secretariat, EC, UN, World Bank, IMF  Civil society and private sector (Standard Chartered...)  Annual AfDB meeting, OECD Global Forum on Agriculture, ABCDE, Aspen, LINK, Afristat, European Council on Africa …

6 The annual AEO focus  Timely and key for Africa development (key to monitor PSD): Privatisation (AEO2), Energy and Poverty (AEO3), Financing SME Development (AEO4) and Infrastructure Development (AEO5), Access to drinking water and sanitation (AEO6)  Based on the expertise of the OECD and the ADB and drawing on a close cooperation with partner institutions  Stock-taking exercise on Africa and policy recommendations (highlighting good practices) + comparable indicators

What do we expect from the expert Meeting?  Highlight the key issues faced by African countries in their efforts towards the water related MDGs  Identify the successful and innovative experiences that could be replicable  Next steps:  Shanghai – 16/17 May 2007  Paris – 5 June 2007

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