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Répondre à des questions souvent posées : pourquoi l’Union européenne @UEenRDC fait-elle de l’aide publique au développement (presque toujours sous forme de dons) à la #RDC? Comment l’#UE met-elle en œuvre ses projets? Comment sont choisies priorités et zones d’intervention? #FIL
L’aide publique au développement #UE répond d’abord à un engagement international négocié ds les années 1960 #ONU #OCDE : celui pris par les pays riches de transférer annuellement 0,7 % de leur PIB aux pays les plus pauvres pour les aider à rattraper leur retard de développement.
Les États membres de l’Union européenne ont très vite décidé de faire transiter une partie de leur aide par un budget communautaire spécifique : le Fonds Européen de Développement (dès 1957, le traité de Rome prévoyait cette possibilité). En 2020, vient de s’achever le 11ème #FED
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Let's take a tour along the coast of eastern #Ghana, #Togo and #Benin in images taken from #ISS, 11Dec2019. First stretch is eastern Ghana. Images ISS061-E-76460-76489. We start at #OldNigo, hi-res eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages… @DaveAtCOGS 1/6
Next stop is at #SongorLagoon. Images ISS061-E-76469-76473. Hi-res eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages… @DaveAtCOGS 2/6
We then take a look at the #Volta River entering the Atlantic Ocean (and the Gulf of Guinea in particular). Hi-res eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages… @DaveAtCOGS 3/6
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THIRD THREAD: 1. The other fundamental reason why Nigeria's border closure decision is wrongheaded is related to port competitiveness.There is fierce competition between West Africa's 7 main maritime gateways to serve the regional market and to specifically handle Nigerian trade.
2. Expansion of port concessions have deepened the involvement of the private sector in port terminals across West Africa (the duopoly of Bolloré and Maersk-Sealand dominate the West Africa coast - Tema, Pointe Noire, Abidjan, Conakry and Lagos). @MatthewTPage @tayos02
3. This type of private sector involvement has led to investments in new equipment and technology for handling, scanning and inspecting containers in Nigeria and the other maritime gateways but technical and capacity problems in Nigeria’s ports persist – ...
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