Can More Be Done to Assist Sahelian Governments to Plan and Manage Their Economic Development

摘要

The Sahel region of West Africa has made little progress toward its economic development goals despite more than $13 billion in donor assistance since 1974. One reason is the Sahel governments' weakness in planning, managing, and coordinating their economic development process. This weakness is aggravated by the multiplicity of donors working in each country, the complex and varying administrative requirements accompanying their assistance, and the constraints to effective coordination of assistance from all sources. This study provides information so as to better address the issue of whether the Agency for International Development shouls provide more of its Sahel Development Program funds to strengthen Sahelian governments' management capability.