The twenty-second meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development: opening statement by K. Y. Amoako, executive secretary, economic commission for Africa

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Opening Statement by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa at the The twenty-second meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development "Towards Greater Policy Coherence and Mutual Accountability for Development Effectiveness". Mr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that, Africa's development partners have committed to intensifying efforts to providing enhanced ODA levels. These commitments were made within the framework of the Monterrey Consensus as well as the G-8 Africa Action Plan for NEPAD. A partnership arrangement has been developed between the PRSP-Learning Group and the Strategic Partnership with Africa (SPA). The meetings of the two are now held in conjunction with the technical working group meeting of SPA. Thus, the PRSP-Learning Group now provides an entry point for African participation in the SPA. ECA has pursued the mutual accountability issue with several of Africa's development partners, in particular, OECD. It is because we consider this issue critical for Africa's development that we selected as the theme for this meeting: "Towards Greater Policy Coherence and Mutual Accountability for Development Effectiveness." Not only is the theme of policy coherence and mutual accountability critical to development effectiveness.