TY - BOOK ID - 173086 TI - Development Co-operation Reviews: European Community 1998 PY - 1999 VL - 1998, no. 30 SN - 1280030445 9786610030446 9264164073 9264169652 PB - Paris : OECD Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Economic development projects KW - Evaluation. KW - European Economic Community KW - Economic assistance KW - Technical assistance KW - Development projects, Economic KW - Projects, Economic development KW - CEE KW - Evropeĭskiĭ Soi︠u︡z KW - C.E.E. KW - Communauté économique européenne KW - Comunidad Económica Europea KW - Comunità economica europea KW - EEC KW - EC KW - Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft KW - Europejska Wspólnota Gospodarcza KW - Europese Economische Gemeenschap KW - Európai Gazdasági Közösség KW - EHS KW - Kurapʻa Kyŏngje Kongdongchʻe KW - Kurapʻa Kongdong Sijang KW - EEG KW - Evropeĭska ikonomicheska obshtnost KW - Evropské hospodářské spolecenstvi KW - Comunidade Económica Europeia KW - EWG KW - Europæiske økonomiske fællesskab KW - EØF KW - Koinē Agora KW - EOK KW - MCE KW - Mercado Común Europeo KW - Europeiske økonomiske fellesskap KW - Evropeĭskoe ėkonomicheskoe soobshchestvo KW - MEC KW - Evropska ekonomska zaednica KW - EZZ KW - Common Market KW - Marché commun KW - EĖS KW - Avrupa Ekonomik Topluluğu KW - AET KW - Müşterek Pazar KW - Ortak Pazar KW - Sūq al-Ūrūbbīyah al-Mushtarakah KW - Mercado Comum KW - Europaikē Oikonomikē Koinotēta KW - Evropska gospodarska skupnost KW - Mercato comune KW - EEZ KW - Evropska ekonomska zajednica KW - Euroopan Yhteisö KW - EY KW - EIO KW - Shuḳ ha-Eropi ha-meʼuḥad KW - Suq Komuni KW - Eurōpaïkē Koinotēta KW - Comunidade Européia KW - Mercado Comum Europeau KW - Unia Europejska KW - Koinotēta KW - E.G. KW - קהילה האירופית KW - קהילייה האירופאית KW - שוק הארופאי המשותף KW - Evropeisku Félagsmarknaðin KW - EF KW - CEE (European Economic Community) KW - C.E.E. (European Economic Community) KW - EEC (European Economic Community) UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:173086 AB - The European Community (EC) is the world's second largest multilateral channel for development assistance (after the World Bank). Its combined programmes are the fifth-largest among the 22 Members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), and EC programmes have grown an average 3.3 per cent annually over the past five years, while the combined effort of DAC countries declined by 4.7 per cent annually. The Community's allocation of resources to lower income countries has not kept pace, however, with the overall growth of the ODA budget over recent years. EC programmes operate within a complex organisation and management structure, and Brussels faces serious challenges of implementation in adapting its operations to achieve agreed development objectives. There have been important steps in the evolution of the European Commission structures: a Common Service has been created to implement co-operation activities for the four Directorates General. But there is still a need to strengthen the capacity of delegations in the field to work fully with partners in advancing local ownership and co-ordination. The EC has a strong role to play in improving the coherence of policies affecting developing countries. The report analyses this question in fields such as agriculture, trade, fisheries agreements and Community fishing fleet subsidies. Co-ordination with other donors also seems to be improving, which bodes well for better overall partnerships between donors and partner countries. In 1998, the development co-operation policy of the following DAC Member countries will be reviewed: Canada, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, and the United States. ER -