ted, and full impact not achieved. The problerr.s are set out below. 214. Firstly, national projects have fared much better than regional and subre£ional projects in attracting fnancing, as a result of the individual efforts mace by each country to secure funding for its national projects. Regional and subregional projects have suffered from relative nerlect by countries and regional or subre onal organizations or institutions, which in addition are not in a pcsition to contract loans for such projects. A possible solution to this problem would be for African countries involved in re anal or subregional projects to designate a country or organization to contract loans fer im­ plementing such projects. 215. Secondly, there remains a manifest lack of co-operation among African airlines in scheduling, establish in€ new routes within Africa, pooling arranfements anc grantin£ traffic rights to other African airlines. This attituce is in conflict with the established objectives of the Decade. 216. Thirdly, in a number of cases African countries are carry­ ing out transport and communications projects which co not appear in the programme for the Decade. The effect is to reduce nation­ al and foreign inputs into the programme, which has been agreed to and assigned the highest priority by all African countries. Moreover, total investment in transport and communications also tends to be understated since information on these types of project is generally not communicated to ECA. 217. Fourthly, although all African countries are expected to provide ECA with peri oci c reports on the irr.plementati on and financing of Decade projects to permit accurate reporting to the countries themselves, the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly, in many cases they have failed to do so, or have done so only after much delay and after incomplete and inac­
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing challenges and issues related to the implementation of projects and programs in the African continent, specifically in the context of the Decade for African Development. The problems mentioned, such as funding, lack of cooperation among airlines, and incomplete reporting, are all related to the logistics and management of development projects. This suggests that the category that best fits this text is related to economic development, specifically in the area of transport and communication.

**Category**
Transport and communication