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The UNCDF Added Value
in Local Development
Christel Alvergne
Senior Technical Advisor
UNCDF
“The contribution of Regional and Local Authorities to Economic Development”
Ouagadougou, 27th November 2009
UNCDF in West Africa
The Local Development system
Local citizenship
Local
Institutions
Resource
based wealth
creation
Why is the Local System jammed ?
The Local Development Traps
The Trap approach to understand under-development (J Sachs, P Collier) :
Major self-perpetuating obstacles making it almost impossible
for local development initiatives to fully contribute to the development process”
- Local Institutions System Trap :
No Transfer of Resources / No Local Competencies
- Local Citizenship Trap :
No Basic Public Services Demand / No Supply through Local projects
- The Resource Based Wealth Creation Trap :
To much poverty / No sustainable use of Local resources
Two entry points for UNCDF contribution
• How to get out of each Trap :
– Local Institutions System Trap
– Local Citizenship Trap
– Resource Based Wealth Creation Trap
• How to get the machine operating well
The Way forward out of the Local Institutions System Trap
Guinea B.
Guinea
Niger
Pre-municipalies
Liberia
Mali
Senegal
Benin
Burkina
National Policy
National Investment System
Sierra Leone
Local Governments
Gender
approach
National Gender Regional support
to decentralization
Policy
(UEMOA)
Next (Possible Innovations)
The Way forward out of the Local Citizenship Trap
Mauritanie
Niger
Guinée B
Local Investments
Basic Public
Services
Guinee
Burkina
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Social Protection
System
Cross Border
Senegal
Mali
Benin
Territorialization of
National Budget
Possible Innovations
The Way Forward out
of the Resource Based Wealth Creation Trap
Local Economic Development
Liberia
Burkina
Senegal
Eco-development
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Niger, Mali, Benin
Food Security
Climate Change
ECOWAS
Carbon market
UNCDF’s contribution to get the Local system operating well
Pre-municipalies
Local Governments
LDF
Local Investments
LDF
Basic Public
Services
National Policy
National Investment System
Mezzo Level
DBS Localization
RDF
Regional support
to decentralization (UEM
Social Protection
System
LDF
Eco-Development
Territorialization of Nation
Local Economic Development Climate
Change
Food Security
ECOWAS
Carbon market
In summary, the UNCDF added value
• Use investment as a leverage for local
development
• Put the emphasizes on the main blockages
• Articulate the national political dialog on the
local experience
• Base our intervention on local realities