Publications
This section offers a selection of publications related to capacity development.
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February 2006L. Emmerij, UNU-WIDER Research Paper 2006/08, February 2006, 14 pp. Why and when do turning points occur? How are they prepared? What are the choices before us when it comes to economic and social development policies? What is the role of culture in development? Do ideas play a role? What are...
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Bill Sterland, Praxis Paper 9, June 2006. This paper investigates the approaches and methods applied to NGO capacity building in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo during parallel and ongoing experiences of internationally determined post-conflict social, political and economic rehabilitatio...
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Over the past 30 years FAO has field-tested approaches and methods for sharing information and knowledge and promoting development action, using participatory message design and the combined use of traditional and modern media. This handbook has been prepared as a training and reference guide f...
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This toolkit was prepared by UNDP in response to the increasing demand from developing country governments for more active engagement of the indigenous private sector in order to improve the access of the poor to basic services and to alleviate poverty through more vigorous enterprise and emplo...
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Business Membership Organizations (BMOs) generally refer to various organizations where companies or individual entrepreneurs are members – such as chambers of commerce or business associations. BMOs can be a platform for promoting a better investment climate in developing countries. This toolk...
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Jul 2006This toolkit includes complete, step-by-step guidelines, tools and techniques for the most important activities in any non-profit organisation. The toolkit contains four guidebooks to developing and operating your non-profit board of directors, non-profit strategic planning and facilitation, a...
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‘Leadership can be defined as the capacity to inspire others to action. Leadership, defined not as a noun but as a verb, is speaking and listening in a way that enables individuals participating in the conversation to act to create future life conditions that were not predictable at the start o...
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This toolkit identifies approaches to evidence-based policy that may be of value to developing countries. The approaches and tools presented are based on the assumption that the reader is a progressive policymaker, and one who is interested in utilising evidence-based policy – an approach that...
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Jul 2006This toolkit covers a range of subject areas to support organisations working on issues related to HIV/AIDS. More than 500 resources have been collated and updated from different organisations, with detailed guidance and suggestions based on the experiences of the AIDS Alliance. This CD-ROM bri...
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Produced by UNDP’s Oslo Governance Centre, through a joint collaboration with the European Commission, this guide provides direction on how to use and where to find sources of governance indicators. Intended for the non-specialist user, this guide is the first of its kind to bring together info...