Title: Strategic priorities and operational challenges for European support for democratic decentralisation in the context of the new ACP-EU partnership agreement

Authors: Loquai, Christiane

Place: Maastricht

Publisher: European centre for development policy management (ECDPM)

Year: 2001

Journal: ECDPM discussion paper

Volume: no. 24

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, democracy, local government, administrative reform, development assistance, acp, eu, poverty alleviation, europe, africa

Abstract: European donors will remain important supporters for democratic decentralization and municipal development in Africa, but many strategic and operational challenges exist on both sides. The paper outlines ways to address those, and to anchor poverty and local development concerns in European support.

URL: http://www.ecdpm.org/Web_ECDPM/Web/Content/Download.nsf/0/E967B9FB07C627D7C1257995003C09EA/$FILE/01-24e-cl.pdf

Document type: Portal