I am putting together a Frequently Asked Question on EU Joint Programming. My plan is to try compile an eventual document with 10 or so questions. The purpose is not to repeat the instructions we already have but rather to answer...
Contribution agreements with the UN are often used for state building. However, when reviewed, government and EU stakeholders often complain that contribution agreements do not ensure ownership and alignment thus making them...
A recurring theme in programming is “insufficient ownership” of donor funded projects. Political Economy Analysis, on the other hand, fundamentally asks a different question – it asks how can we make programming relevant to...
Thomas Carothers recently released an excellent book that engages with PEA in the development industry. The first chapter can be read online for free here: http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/04/16/development-aid-confronts-polit…...
The attached article appeared in the South African press this week about corruption but really gives a great insight into the political economy of public expenditure especially when things go wrong. In this case, it is not even...
Dear Joint Programming Friends and Colleagues, I am the coordinator of the Joint Programming support team. We are currently inviting expressions of interest from experts available to support joint programming activities and...
Last year the EUD in Syria developed a database of projects for the EU, EU MS and other interested donors for their programming period. This simple exercise resulted in a database that was shared to all participating donors and...
Interestingly the report calls for approaches that are more political-economy sensitive and for the EU to work more together with MS (joint programming/coordinated approaches, etc.)