We are happy to inform you about the new publication “Democracy and Development” edited in the framework of the project “Dialogue on Development Policy” at the European Office Brussels of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). This book presents the result of a conference organised by the European Office of KAS in cooperation with the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) in June 2006 at the Committee of the Regions.