solidarity and burden sharing. The Development Co-operation Report 2023: Debating the Aid System finds that debates are crystalising around the need for a fundamental rethinking of the international development system – the mandates, drivers, capacity and coherence of traditional and emerging actors – and feeding into urgent new discussions about scaling up and optimising the allocation of official development assistance (ODA) to reach goals.

Drawing on diverse contributions from all regions, this report takes stock of opportunities and challenges confronting the aid system and presents concrete ideas for action for keeping development co-operation relevant and impactful amid daunting challenges. Themes, ideas and proposals are brought together in the Overview, which proposes the following ways forward:

1.deliver existing commitments and unlock progress

2.support locally led transformation in partner countries

3.modernise business models and financial management practices to align strategies, budgets and delivery

4.rebalance power relations and find common ground for partnerships.