Advanced EC seminar on decentralisation and local governance
European Commission EuropeAid
2-5 July 2012, Brussels
The seminar reviewed the country context and the evolving international development framework and considered how to manage the political dimensions of decentralisation. It also looked at using decentralisation as a trigger to foster better development outcomes and governance and what all this means for future EU engagement in decentralisation and local governance. Jean Bossuyt, ECDPM, was the lead facilitator of this meeting. Alisa Herrero, ECDPM, was also one of the experts facilitating this seminar.
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The general concept of Political Economy Analysis and its gradual uptake by the EU (with reference to devco note) by ECDPM
1. Session 2.2
Introduction to
Political Economy Analysis (PEA)
2. Session’s objective
1. Why is there so much interest in Political
Economy Analysis?
2. What is PEA all about?
3. What are the preliminary conclusions of these
analyses and are there implication for donors?
3. 1. Why is there so much interest in
Political Economy Analysis?
4. Despite the efforts and resources
directed to supporting governance
and institutional reform, results
have been mixed and sometimes
even disappointing….
9. Some considerations
Political economy analysis:
• Is not an exact science
• Draws from various intellectual backgrounds
• There is no single universal methodology
• Different tools analyse same object by asking
structured questions
• Can be applied at three levels: country/macro,
sectoral/thematic and project/micro
10. What is PEA interested in?
• Political process: power
relations and struggles around
resources
Interaction • Economic process: how the
between political generation of resources influence
and economic political processes
processes • Evolution and dynamics of
these processes in time
• Formal and informal
• Why? institutions
• How to support • The hidden relations,
change? motivations and interests of
all the actors
13. A few tools
Drivers of change (DFID)
Strategic Governance and Corruption
Assessment (Netherlands)
Power Analysis (SIDA)
Democratic Governance Assessment (US)
Sector governance et DEVCO Concept Note
(EC)
14. Tools for analysing governance in sectors
Political system/
government
Rule making and
executive actors at
Context different levels
Checks and balances Non-state actors
organisations Citizens, voters, Core public agencies
Supervise sector consumers, user groups Sector ministries,
organisations or handle economic agents, elites, agencies with regulatory
complaints (auditors, media…
or supporting roles, …
judiciary, ombudsmen,…)
Frontline service
providers Donors,
Public and private international
providers delivering organisations
services Influence on sector
governance and
Governance accountability relations 14
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Accountability
15. DEVCO CONCEPT NOTE ON PEA
History
(structural elements)
INSTITUTIONS HERE and NOW
(political competition)
(the formal and informal
15
rules of the game)
16. EXPERIENCES
PEA Zambia
PEA Mozambique
PEA Cameroon/public expenditures
PEA Senegal
PEA planned in Guinea Conakry and Laos
18. How can PEA be useful?
Identify actors, pathways of change, alliances and
coalitions
Translate analysis into politically savvy strategies
and support programmes,
Assess risks of achieving results (or not),
particularly policy outcomes
Efficient dialogue with different actors, especially
the government “compelling narrative”
Aid effectiveness
Development effectiveness
BUT ARE WE READY/ABLE TO USE PEA ???