Governance and Development: changing EU policies

Figures & data

Table 1. Regional distribution of aid commitments to developing countries (ODA), 2004 and 2008

	2004		2008
	Allocation ([euro] million)	% of total allocation	Allocation ([euro] million)	% of total allocation
Europe	996	13.2	2093	17.4
Africa
North of Sahara	480	6.4	546	4.5
South of Sahara	2428	32.2	4726	39.3
Regional	2	0.0	–	–
America
North and Central	317	4.2	329	2.7
South	230	3.1	312	2.6
Regional	63	0.8	2	0.0
Asia
Middle East	398	5.3	735	6.1
South and Central	517	6.9	886	7.4
Far East	391	5.2	233	1.9
Regional	52	0.7	91	0.8
Oceania	52	0.7	19	0.2
Bilateral unallocated	1172	15.5	1677	14.0
Multilateral	441	5.9	366	3.0
Total	7538	100.0	12014	100.0
Source: European Commission, Annual Report 2009 on the European Community's Development and External Assistance Policies and their Implementation in 2008, SEC(2009)831 final, 30 June 2009, p 200.

Table 2. The European Commission's governance profile

Components	Items
1. Political/democratic governance(WBI's voice and accountability)	a. Human rights
	b. Fundamental freedoms
	c. Electoral process
	d. Principles of constitutional democracy
2. Political governance/rule of law: Judicial and law enforcement system
3. Control of corruption
4. Government effectiveness	a. Institutional capacity
	b. Public finance management
5. Economic governance (WBI's regulatory quality)	a. Private sector/market-friendly policies
	b. Management of natural resources
6. Internal and external security (WBI's political stability and absence of violence)	a. Internal stability/conflict
	b. External threats and global security
7. Social governance
8. International and regional context	a. Regional integration
	b. Involvement in regional initiatives on governance and peer-review mechanisms (such as APRM)
	c. Migration
9. Quality of partnership	a. Political dialogue
	b. Programming dialogue
	c. Non-state actors
Note: WBI refers to the World Bank Institute's Governance Matters indicators.
Source: European Commission, Staff Working Document Accompanying the Communication ‘Governance in the European Consensus on Development: Towards a Harmonized Approach within the European Union’, SEC(2006)1020, 30 August 2006, pp 13–29.