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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