Publications
This section offers a selection of publications related to capacity development.
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C. Lusthaus et al., IDRC, 1999, 140 pp. Do you know if your organization is performing efficiently? If it isn’t, do you know why? This guidebook presents an innovative and tested model for organizational self-assessment. It presents tools and tips that integrate techniques of formative assessme...
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Peter Taylor, IDS, 2004. Much time and money is devoted to training – but courses do not always produce the outcomes desired. As a result many training organisations need to rethink the way they plan, design, deliver and evaluate their courses. This guide shows teacher trainers, development tra...
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Civicus, 2004. This manual builds upon material that already exists from other sources. It provides a framework and a starting point for those interested in linking their efforts with the MDG campaign at all levels.
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Feb 2006Civicus, 2005. This toolkit explains how to plan and research a funding proposal, how to write it, and what follow-up is required. It also offers advice on what applicants need to know about donors, and about their own project or organisation, before writing a funding proposal.
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Ingie Hovland, ODI, October 2005, 72pp. This handbook presents work in progress on communication tools, specifically geared towards the needs of researchers in civil society organisations. The tools are grouped under the headings of planning, packaging, targeting and monitoring tools.
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R. Davies and J. Dart, MandE, 2005. This document provides practical guidelines on how to implement the ‘most significant change’ (MSC) technique as a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation. This approach does not involve the use of indicators, but of ‘significant change’ stories emerg...
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UNDP/Eurostat, 2005. This guide provides direction on how to use and where to find sources of governance indicators. The guide was compiled through a joint collaboration between the European Commission and the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre.
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Feb 2006These toolkits provide guidance for reform practitioners on developing effective communications and outreach programmes, building the institutional capacity of business groups to support reform, and managing the overall reform process.
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Feb 2006These toolkits provide guidance, practical advice and tools for policymakers, reform leaders and their advisors in low- and middle-income countries on private sector participation in infrastructure services. Explore eight complete guides to the privatization and regulation of infrastructure ser...
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KFPE, August 2005. The aim of this manual is to help design, revise and implement project selection processes in North-South research partnership programmes. It addresses the complex challenge of dealing with the multiple objectives of research programmes: scientific quality, development releva...