65- Tecbnlcel consultatlve meetings have not succeeded, however, in renoving theconstralntE on flnanclng and lnaginatlve effortE are slill requi.r'ed in order tolnprove thelr eff€ctlveness. For exanple, dLlferencea and confusion . persist 1nthe attltudes of African governEenta regardlng the projects Hhlch they proposefor LncLusion ln th€ Decade prograrue. The experience of the first phase showedthat soDe governnents tended to propose proJects for i,Jhlch they had previously found tE dlfflcult to obtaln fundlng. As ECA rlAhtly poinCs out: "Thecorol-.Lary of thls was that qulre often there l,|ere ti,ro _rygllji]_@.:. at thenational level: one which lhe governments theuset vFlI?fiEi-@E@in lheirne8otlatlons ulth donors and another uhich ECA was expected to promote !,rithin thefranelrork of the Decada" (docuEent DEC/ TRANSCOM/CH/ M4 (ES), paragraph l, note 1). 55. Moneover, ln the courss of the Cechnlcal consultatlve neetlngE, i! emergedthat a portlon of the aEslstance provlded by donors for tpansport and commtnica-flons dld not cover projects lnclud€d j.n the Decade progranee; Dne resourcesallocated to the Decade pt'ograllEe lhus d1d not represent the totaL aaslstance Sranted for thg deveLopoent of transport and i.n Afrlca 19 /.Ihe technlcal consuLtatlve Deetlngs and lnter-agency neetinga also deoorur-stratedlhe olsglvLngs of flnanclng bodles wlth regard to reglonaL and sub-regiona.l,proJects. It ls nol too dlfllcult to obtaln grants fron muLtllateral agenclesfor these proJects: the pnoblens anise ln the case of nuLllnatlonal capitatpnoJects whlch are to be flnanced frod Loans and for whlch Ms necessary tooblaln a guarantee. That Eay be easyin lhe case of proJects sponaored by autononous self-flnancing and/or self-accountLng enterprlses. However, whena proJect contalns clearly dlstlngul,shable natlonal coEponenls or ls a joint lntergovernnental venture uhlch does not conlrol lts own budge!, lhe problem isvery serloua. 67. Although 1t night be lhought that grants factlltate the ftnancinS ofreSlonal and sub-reglonal proJects, it 1s soDetines forgolten lhat i! 1E not aLsays easy to obtaln ghe agreeEent of the b€neflclary countrles, and yet suchagreenent ls a prerequlslte for the counlries to asswle Joint obllgallons andJolntly st8n requests for forelgn ald. In othep Hords, Afrlcan governDents
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing issues related to financing and project implementation in the African context, specifically regarding the Decade program. The language used is technical and focused on financial and logistical challenges, suggesting that the topic is related to economic development and international cooperation. The text also touches on the importance of obtaining agreements from beneficiary countries, which hints at the involvement of international organizations and governments.

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Transport and communication, Economic development