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Decentralisation: Learning Lessons from the Developing World
Decentralisation is not always easily implemented and many developing countries have failed or are failing to introduce effective decentralised governance systems. But why? Francois Vaillancourt from the University of Montreal, Canada, considers the obstacles, conditions for success and how these might be relevant to European Commission staff.0 0 6 697
Agenda for Change: Partners Debate EC Proposals for a New and Improved EU Development Policy
The European Union’s Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, recently presented an ‘Agenda for Change’; designed to increase the impact of EU development policy and introduce a new approach on EU budget support.0 1 6 935
Government Ownership Key to Successful EU Support to the Philippines
The European Commission’s experience in the Philippines in recent years has been marked by strong country ownership of development programming and implementation. This hands-on approach has proved to be a decisive factor in achieving effective aid interventions and could offer lessons for other countries.0 0 7 709
Smart Procurement for More Effective Aid
More aid contracts being won locally could boost development and job creation in partner countries, according to a new report by the European Network on Debt and Development, Eurodad.0 0 9 073
Towards Better Capacity Development: Learning from the Private Sector
Could development professionals at the European Commission improve their efforts in developing capacity by drawing some lessons from experiences in the private sector? Consultants Paul Beaulieu and Robert LeBlanc, think they could.0 1 9 847
Presentation of an Agenda for Change: EC Communications on Development Policy and on Budget Support
The European Commission has published its Agenda for Change for increasing the impact of EU development policy as well as a Communication on the future of budget support. You can read it here.1 0 4 846