the use of european union structural funds in slovenia for example illustrates how too much local control can lead to a focus on local amenities and needs to the neglect of wider regional growth objectives oecd c this can make it difficult for cities to budget and plan effectively to ensure public service delivery and maintenance and to invest in more strategic longterm priorities in antofagasta chile for example local projects are often designed with little certainty as to whether or not funding will be available making it difficult to manage funding flows and ultimately discouraging potential investors oecd g