Thirdly, an extensive devolution of management responsibilities to the Commission's external Delegations. To conclude, allow me to underline that the Community has a great potential to contribute to poverty reduction, through political dialogue and trade co-operation combined with effective development assistance. This strategy must address the multiple dimensions of poverty. The lack of access to basic services, in particular education and health, to employment, to land and credit as well as obstacles to political participation, are all parts of the problem. External assistance cannot substitute for good national policies, but it can support their elaboration and implementation.
Dialogue plays a key role .