What is the Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness?

A unique collaborative exercise in mutual accountability

This fifth joint Review by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), was published on 16 May 2012. It addresses four main questions :

- What are the main commitments made by Africa and its development partners?
- Have these been delivered?
- What have the results been?
- What are now the key future policy priorities?

The report covers four broad policy areas: sustainable economic growth, investment in people, good governance, and financing for development. Within these it looks at 18 individual topics, ranging from trade and agriculture, to education and health, political and economic governance, and domestic resource mobilisation and official development assistance. 

The report is a unique collaborative exercise in mutual accountability. It looks at Africa as a whole, while recognising the remarkable degree of diversity across the continent. It combines an emphasis on monitoring the delivery of commitments with a strong results orientation, and also aims to provide a practical forward-looking tool for political leaders, as well as a resource for all those engaged on these issues in Africa and internationally.