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transaction costs for recipients and an improvement in aid predictability which will strengthen the ability of recipient governments to realistically plan.
125
As a signing party to the Paris Declaration, Indonesia has committed to the aid effectiveness principles and commitments contained in the Declaration. In order to transform its
commitment into actions, Indonesia has participated on the self-evaluation of the implementation of Paris Declaration which assessed the effective coordination among donors
and development partner for alignment, harmonization, ownership, mutual accountability, and better aid managing for development result. The evaluation showed that the Paris Declaration is
relevant in the context of Indonesia in strengthening and accelerating Indonesia aid management for better development result.
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Therefore, the GoI would continue its active participation in the next High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness.
127
Indonesia is a signatory to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Paris Declaration, and has committed to the aid effectiveness principles and commitments contained in the
Declaration.
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B. Accra Agenda of Action, 2008
A third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness was held in Accra, Ghana, in 2008.
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At that High Level Forum, an even greater number and wider diversity of stakeholders endorsed
125
A Faust de Kemp, et al, Between High Expectations and Reality: An Evaluation of Budget Support in Zambia 35 2011 Synthesis Report, Bonn The Hague Stockholm, BMZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sida on file with
author; see generally George Ofori-Atta, General Budget Support, facilitating Aid Effectiveness through Harmonization and Reduced Transaction Costs: A Case Study of Ghana’s Multi-Donor Budget Support 2012
Unpublished M.A. Thesis on file with on file with Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Netherland Library system.
126
Indonesian Nat’l. Dev. Planning Agency, Joint Evaluation of the Paris Declaration Phase 2 May-Oct 2010 Final Report on file with author.
127
Lukita D. Tuwo, Vice Chairman of Bappenas, Remarks of the Joint Evaluation of the Paris Declaration Phase 2 Final Report 2010 on file with author.
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The Jakarta Commitment.
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Gerard Van Bilzen, supra note 115.
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the Accra Agenda for Action AAA. AAA was designed to strengthen and deepen implementation of the Paris Declaration. The AAA
takes stock of progress and sets the agenda for accelerated advancement towards the Paris targets. The AAA both reaffirms commitment to
the Paris Declaration and calls for greater partnership between different parties working on aid and development.
130
The AAA stressed the following points: country ownership for developing
countries of their own development policies; building more effective and inclusive partnerships; and achieving development result- and openly accounting for the aid flows.
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The Paris Declaration and AAA have guided Indonesia to the changes of its contemporary aid architecture. In this sense, the nature of aid management in Indonesia is set to shift from
“donorship” to “ownership”. After its participation in several High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the government of Indonesia then continued their commitment to the principles
of aid effectiveness by adopting exclusively a national action plan, through the signing of the Jakarta Commitment.
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C. Road to Indonesian Development Trust Funds
