Publications
This section offers a selection of publications related to capacity development.
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The authoritative source of information on the foreign aid policies and programmes of donor countries, the annual report by the Chair of the DAC presents detailed statistics and analysis, this year focusing on progress in achieving the MDGs. Progress is examined both from the point of view of b...
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Jul 2006This paper summarises research on aid allocation and effectiveness, highlighting the current findings of recent research on aid allocation to fragile states. Fragile states are defined by the donor community as those with either critically poor policies or poorly performing institutions, or bot...
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These guidelines were developed to help managers and other professionals manage capacity assessment and development programmes, technical assistance and other types of intervention. This requires a comprehensive understanding of capacity in a systems and strategic management context at various...
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Jul 2006This newsletter, published quarterly by UNDP and the London School of Economics, aims to be a forum for policy-oriented discussions and debates about how the nature, evolution and challenges of development and transition intersect. Each issue will focus on a theme, with contributions that bring...
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This book brings together innovative and well-supported studies of technical cooperation and its potential to build sustainable capacities in developing countries by enhancing the knowledge, skills and productive aptitudes of their populations. Development professionals and economists examine t...
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Private financial flows such as foreign direct investment seem to encourage economic growth and relieve poverty in part because they create excellent incentives for transferring know-how and in part because they are subject to a stern market test that ensures they are allocated and monitored ca...
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The emphasis on growth has led to an under-emphasis of the micro-impacts of macroeconomic policies. Whether growth reduces income-poverty is crucially dependent on its impact on employment. This paper addresses the question: what kind of productive employment can an economy generate that fulfil...
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Jul 2006Global civil society is a deeply contested concept. The author of this publication argues that while global civil society is not inherently progressive there are plenty of recent examples of where global civil society groups have been a force for progressive social change. The paper identifies...
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Accelerating social progress in low- and middle-income countries requires knowledge about what kinds of social programs are effective. Yet all too often, such basic knowledge is lacking because governments, development agencies, and foundations have few incentives to start and sustain the impac...
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This report represents the experiences and lessons learned from an international workshop on participatory monitoring and evaluation at IIRR that brought together field practitioners who came to share experiences, identify trends, gaps, issues and priority action points to enhance PM&E prac...