Effective and sustained action that can deliver results will come only if African countries and institutions and Africa’s external partners make and deliver on commitments. There are a number of complementary ingredients that are key to stronger implementation and delivery of results:

• Building a global partnership around African leadership;
• Setting out a clear programme of action, with responsibilities and timetables, based on sound evidence about what works and what does not;
• Strengthening institutions, both inside and outside Africa, so that they are capable of delivery. This must include reorienting the international financial institutions so that they give higher priority to accelerating African development and are more accountable, including to their clients and partners;
• Ensuring a stronger African voice in the multilateral organisations;
• Putting in place effective independent mechanisms to monitor and report on progress on implementation;
• Generating and sustaining strong commitment to Africa’s development by the people and civil society of the developed countries, as well as Africa, to keep the pressure on political leaders to deliver.