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ODE Briefs: Getting practical about mutual accountability
Students from Holy Cross Primary School in Vanimo, Sandaun Province Papua New Guinea form a greeting line. The PNG and Australian Governments, through the Partnerships for Development, are working to increase the number of children enrolled in school, especially female students. Photo: Jacqueline Smart Ferguson/AusAID.
Mutual accountability is one of the five principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, but donors and partner countries have made the least progress towards it. The reasons for the slow progress on mutual accountability since 2005 are complex, often political and technical.
This ODE Brief examines why mutual accountability is important and what it looks like in practice. It also outlines an example of mutual accountability in action from Australia's aid program.
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Last reviewed: 7 November, 2011