OECD - Sustainable Results in Development

This report was prepared by Alejandro Guerrero and Chantal Verger, under the strategic guidance of Rahul Malhotra. Rosie Zwart led the conceptualisation and implementation of the field research and contributed to draft Chapters 2, 3 and 4. Michael Bally and Ola Kasneci contributed with research and editorial work across the various chapters.

This report would not have been possible without the careful review of many brilliant minds. The document was reviewed and commented on by a Steering Group composed of Andrea Ries (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation); Yongyi Min (Chief, SDG Monitoring, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs); Margaret Thomas (Chief, Development Impact Group, United Nations Development Programme); Jolline Benefice (Policy Analyst, DAC Peer Reviews, OECD); Rebekah Chew (Policy Analyst, Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation Monitoring Co-ordinator); Rolando Avendao (Advisor, PARIS21); Olivier Thery (Head of Results Unit, Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs); Simon Kisira (Head, Strategic Planning and Knowledge Management, African Unions NEPAD); Brian Baldwin (Senior Expert on Results-Based Management); Myriam Van Parijs (Head of Evaluation Office, ENABEL); and Paige Kirby (Senior Policy Advisor, Development Gateway).

Several experts also reviewed specific chapters with a distinctive SDG focus. Arthur Contejean (International Energy Agency) reviewed and commented on Chapter 4 (energy access). Tom Slaymaker (WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme) and Jean-Nol Gangloff (European Commission) reviewed Chapter 3 (sanitation and hygiene). Michael Ward (PISA for Development) and Jordan Naidoo (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) provided useful comments on Chapter 2 (education proficiency). Jolline Benefice (DAC Peer Reviews, OECD), Cibele Cesca (Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation), Simon Kisira (NEPAD) and Olivier Thery (ENABEL, Belgium) provided useful suggestions for these three chapters.

A draft version of this full report was reviewed and discussed at the 10th Meeting of the OECD-DAC Results Community, held in Paris in April 2019.

The authors are very grateful for all the useful comments and suggestions. Any possible error remains the exclusive responsibility of the authors.

Last but not least, the OECD is also deeply grateful to the governments of Ethiopia , Kenya and Myanmar for their hospitality and engagement during the country case studies, as well as to the governments of Australia and Finland and the European Commission for joining the OECD team in carrying out the necessary country-level analysis that supports this study and its conclusions.