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[ Lamentamos informarles que hemos decidido discontinuar la producción de la edición Española de la ‘Newsletter’ con razón de límites financieros. Activamente buscamos acompañamiento con organizaciones en países de lenguaje Español para ser capas de ofrecer este servicio nuevamente. Estamos abiertos para recibir ideas y sugestiones buscando una solución en este contexto.]
Cada número de la revista trata de un determinado tema, con el propósito de profundizar nuestra comprensión de componentes conceptuales básicos, así como aplicaciones prácticas dentro de diferentes sectores del desarrollo.
Además, la revista presenta las novedades que van apareciendo, a fin de propiciar el debate sobre el futuro del sector de desarrollo de la capacidad, considerado en su conjunto.
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Markets, smallholders and empowerment
With the global population expected to rise to 9 billion by 2050, there has been growing attention at the highest policy circles to the contribution of small-scale agriculture to food security and poverty eradication. In a 2010 report, Olivier de Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, cited research findings that small-scale farmers could potentially double their yields within ten years, subject to prudent application of external inputs and effective management of natural resources. However, the creation of an enabling framework towards this end has been hampered by contradictory approaches and policy ''pendulum swings" over the past few decades that have seen national and international efforts focus alternately on 'rights-based' and 'market-based' support strategies. This issue of Capacity.org aims to refocus attention on the critical but largely neglected issue of producer agency: that is, the capacity of producers to make informed choices, and to act on those choices. Drawing on several detailed case studies - contract farming arrangements that benefit or exploit farmers; guidelines for addressing farm labour interests; and the role of women on small-scale farms - the journal's contributors offer practical guidance on how to strike the right balance between "economic and political empowerment."
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Numéro 44: Markets, smallholders and empowerment
With global population expected to grow to 9 billion people by 2050, the contribution of small-scale agricultural to food security and poverty eradication is drawing increasing attention at the highest policy circles. In a 2010 report, Olivier de Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, cited research findings that small-scale farmers could potentially double their yields within ten years, subject to prudent application of external inputs and sufficient attention to natural resource management. However, the agricultural sector over the past few decades has been characterized by ''pendulum swings" that have seen national and international efforts focus alternately on 'rights-based' and 'market-based' approaches, with little regard to the role of producer agency in a dynamic global environment. Drawing on insights from different disciplines, this issue of Capacity.org aims to contribute to reshaping the debate on how markets can made to work for small scale farmers by posing the central question: how small-scale farmers and their organisations can best be helped to develop their capacities so that they can improve their circumstances and assume a position of strength in society? The journal brings together insights from diverse disciplines to offer practical guidance for capacity-development practitioners on how to strike the right balance by "strengthening the capacity of small-scale farmers to make effective choices."
Vistazo a todos los artículos de esta revista Descarga de la revista en versión pdfNuméro 43: Voices of capacity development
External aid can provide a significant boost to country-led processes. However, if external partners focus on the performance of their own aid, policies, approaches and knowledge, their support is more likely to hinder than support a country’s efforts. In this special issue published to coincide with the Fourth High Level Conference on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, Capacity.org invited a number of change agents in the South to speak about their experiences in leading change processes. The interviews cover a wide range of sectors and countries: achieving universal access to energy in South Africa, improved sanitation in Nepal, a more favourable business environment in Kenya, enforcing compliance with environmental laws in Zambia, and introducing active approaches to learning in Laotian schools.
Vistazo a todos los artículos de esta revista Descarga de la revista en versión pdfNuméro 42: Strengthening health systems
Many developing countries have health systems that are ailing – and well-intentioned development aid is contributing to the problem. Between 2000 and 2010, annual development assistance for health surged from US$10.5 billion to US$27 billion. Most of this was channelled through donor-driven programmes targeted at specific diseases, most prominently HIV/AIDS. Such ‘vertical’ programming has undermined the development of strong national health systems and drawn resources away from countries’ other health priorities. District governments have a key role in coordinating the activities of all local health players, including those running vertical programmes.
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Next issue
The next issue of Capacity.org will highlight successful cases of endogenous and effective capacity development as a practical contribution to discussions at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. Contributions are invited for the online version of the journal. For more information please contact the Editor-in-chief, Heinz Greijn (editor@capacity.org).
