Thank you very much.
How can we work together to cut administrative costs and ensure that aid programs are efficient? We often work together with multilateral organizations, or “baskets” of funds that, as you said, are a structure.
What is important to emphasize is that CIDA is not shirking the obligation to account for the grants it makes. We're involved in steering committees of multilateral organizations and in organizing committees of “baskets” of funds, reviewing the financial statements of organizations audited by third parties, reviewing the project reports and annual reports. We also regularly consult the other donors through Utstein groups and other good practice initiatives, and we take part in evaluating program results.
Let's also point out the major improvements that have been made in recent years in efficiency and results, in both education and health. For example, eight million more Africans have begun going to school in the past four years, which may be attributable to a large degree to these integrated programs.
We're taking all the necessary steps to be duly accountable for these programs.