The UNCDF Added Value in Local Development

Christel AlvergneSenior 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

Why is the Local System jammed ? The Local Development Traps

- 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

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”

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

Guinea B.GuineaNiger

Sierra LeoneMaliSenegalBeninBurkina

Regional support to decentralization (UEMOA)

Gender approach

Pre-municipalies

Liberia

Local Governments

The Way forward out of the Local Institutions System Trap

Next (Possible Innovations)

National Gender Policy

National PolicyNational Investment System

Social Protection System

SenegalMaliBenin

Basic Public Services

GuineeBurkina

MauritanieNigerGuinée B Guinea

LiberiaSierra Leone

Cross Border

Possible Innovations

The Way forward out of the Local Citizenship Trap

Local InvestmentsTerritorialization of National Budget

LiberiaBurkinaSenegal

Eco-development

Food Security

Niger, Mali, Benin

Climate Change

ECOWASCarbon market

The Way Forward out of the Resource Based Wealth Creation Trap

Local Economic Development

SenegalSierra Leone

Regional support to decentralization (UEMOA)

Pre-municipalies Local GovernmentsNational PolicyNational Investment System

Local Investments

LDF

Territorialization of National Budget

Social Protection System

Basic Public Services

Eco-Development

Food Security

Climate Change

ECOWASCarbon market

Local Economic Development

LDF

LDF

UNCDF’s contribution to get the Local system operating well

Mezzo Level DBS LocalizationRDF

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