At http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/1008_multilateral_system_linn.aspx#, Johannes F. Linn notes that according to estimates from the OECD-DAC, the number of multilateral agencies engaged in providing development support increased from 30 in 1950 to 196 in 1980 and further to 263 in 2008.
Linn calls for the G-20 to set up a high-level commission to review the existing framework of multilateral development institutions and prepare recommendations for their reform.
Does a high-level commission provide the required transparency?
And does it allow harvesting of all productive ideas on the matter?
I would rather favour those high-level members to participate in an open wiki discussion on the overall aid architecture.
How can we otherwise guarantee that all stakeholders are equally heard?
A completed actor atlas would provide a big help, with Social Architecture and COFOG (Classification of the Functions of Government; ref: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regcst.asp?Cl=4&Lg=1 ) describing the range of scopes where public, and usually also multilateral initiatives are desirable.
