Join the Debate: Using Political Economy Analysis to Improve EU Development Effectiveness
The authors of a background note, ‘Using Political Economy Analysis to Improve European Union Development Effectiveness’, are posting a draft version of their findings in The Political Economy in Practice working group and invite interested capacity4dev members to offer their feedback. The discussion begins on the 10th October.
This event is of the type Group event.
This event is organised by: Marijnissen Chantal
The Political Economy of the Economic Reform in the Pacific
An interesting political economy analysis of economic growth in different countries in the Pacific carried out by the Asian Development Bank.
Findings from case study Philippines on sector governance
This document presents the lessons learned of the pilot case study "Governance in the Trade Facilitation Sector in the Philippines" testing the tool in the EC Reference Document "Analysing and assessing Governance in Sector Operations", following an ECDPM support mission to the EU Delegation in the Philippines mid-November 2010.
It concludes the following:
The EC’s Governance Analysis Framework is a relevant tool for improving the understanding of key governance and accountability relations in trade facilitation.
Trade Facilitation in the Philippines - pilot case study
This short case study is based on the findings of a week of interviews with a range of trade facilitation stakeholders in the Philippines conducted in mid-November 2010, conducted by the EU Delegation in the Philippines with the support of an ECDPM consultant. The study was conceived as a pilot for field-testing an approach to assessing and addressing governance issues found at the level of different sectors.
The approach, developed by DEVCO and found in DEVCO Reference Document no 4, contains a number of steps, including:
assessing the reform context
EU Trade Facilitation Efforts in the Philippines
The European Commission’s trade related technical assistance programme in the Philippines has been a notable success. The context and timing of interventions have played an important role in this success, which is also boosting the President's anti-graft efforts.
Trade in the Philippines: testing EC sector governance framework
Session 6
