The Paris declaration (with commitments reterated at a third summit in Accra in 2008 ) broke new ground for achieving greated aid effectiveness on the basis of shared principles and measurable indicators. It soon became the main reference point for donor agencies and for finance ministries in developing countries, a tool which would allow actors to project their claims on the politics of aid relationships and at the same time enter into debates about technical issues. Four years later, however, limited progress has been made on most of the 56 commitments, leading some commentators to talk about ‘aid effectivaness fatigue’