Supporting Governance of Economic Development: The PAANEEAC Experience in Central Africa

Geske Dijkstra, Dieudonné Bitondo, Sibout Nooteboom, Reinoud Post and Gwen van Boven
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Geske Dijkstra: Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dieudonné Bitondo: University of Douala and Secretariat for Environmental Assessment in Central Africa, Cameroun
Sibout Nooteboom: Erasmus University Rotterdam and The Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment
Reinoud Post: The Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment
Gwen van Boven: The Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment

Journal of Developing Societies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, 51-74

Abstract: This article aims to evaluate PAANEEAC (Projet d’appui au développement des associations nationales pour l’évaluation environnementale en Afrique Centrale), the program to support the development of national associations (NAs) for environmental impact assessment (EIA) in Central Africa. PAANEEAC’s objective is to improve the governance of investment decisions through strengthening capacities for EIA. From the literature explaining the failure of donor-induced capacity development programs, the article deduces conditions for success. The empirical assessment of PAANEEAC is based on document review, extensive interviews, and observations. It concludes that PAANEEAC managed to create platforms in which stakeholders meet with the common objective of improving EIA systems, and that this led to measurable, albeit modest improvements in EIA systems. Furthermore, PAANEEAC met most of the success conditions, which was instrumental for its performance.

Keywords: governance; capacity development; Africa; self-organization; environmental impact assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0169796X17694447

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