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URGENT ACTION FOR AFRICA:
In the meantime, OECD and African
countries must work together to ensure that the resolution on
urgent action for Africa is implemented. The OECD countries must
work together more productively, perhaps even through the formation
of partnerships where funding from one country could be matched
with technical expertise from another. This, in turn, could be
matched with the very real needs of affected regions in Africa. As
the negotiating process has demonstrated, there is an urgent need
to channel more coordinated assistance to Africa. There is also a
need to: move from a traditional donor-recipient relationship to a
true partnership association; generate a more productive on-going
dialogue with the Africans; and increase the percentage of
financial assistance that actually reaches projects by reducing or
eliminating such obstacles as tied aid and excessively high
overhead costs.