Despite concerns about who would turn up, nearly all countries were represented and discussions were interesting and relevant
The first High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) drew to a conclusion last week in Mexico. Many coming into the meeting were somewhat confused about how it would play out. The chairman of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) development assistance committee, Erik Solheim, a leading progressive voice in official development circles for some years, admitted in his closing speech that he, too, had been nervous about the meeting.
But like many others, he appeared energised by the interesting discussions and panels that took place in Mexico City. As any professional spinner will tell you, if you set low expectations you can spin middling outcomes as successes. The concerns over whether enough representatives would turn up were real but the conference was packed and almost all countries had some kind of representation. It was not as high-level as Busan, but was enough to make discussions interesting and relevant.
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