Italian aid effectiveness: 2008 results

According to the 2008 Paris Declaration progress report survey, Italian development cooperation is performing below the EU average on every Paris declaration indicator, despite significant improvements since 2005 . Yet, on proliferation of parallel structures, use of country systems and percentage of programme based aid Italian records are poorer than three years ago. In Europe, Italy ranks last as for aid predictability, second last on joint analytical work, and third last for relevant number of parallel implementing structures. However it is second best EU country on coordinated technical cooperation. Within this generally poor performance scenario - the tied aid data was not reported - the predictability and joint work targets are the furthest to reach. Unlikely others EU donors, Italian poor results are partly due to the fact that Italy has not approved any "aid effectiveness" national plan.