Publications
This section offers a selection of publications related to capacity development.
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. This book examines some of the most challenging issues confronting the public sector in developing countries. The contributors examine the potential and limits of managerial, fiscal and decentralisation reforms and highlight cases where selective use of some reforms ha...
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Gus Edgren, Sida Studies in Evaluation 03/03, 2003. This paper examines the effects on ownership of the aid relationship, leadership and management, stakeholder participation and multiple donor situations. It concludes that 'national ownership is an elusive quality that must be deliberately str...
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O. Bakewell and A. Garbutt, Sida, 2005. Many NGOs are unhappy with the LFA and see it as an imposition from donors. This report suggests that a major problem with the LFA is its insistence on stakeholders reaching consensus on the overall plan for the whole project. Instead, it may be more usef...
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OECD-DAC Network on Governance (GOVNET), 2005. Based on studies conducted in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Kenya, and Tanzania, this review compares different donor approaches to conducting Power and Drivers of Change analyses. It looks at what is being done with the findings, in order to learn lessons...
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C. Lusthaus et al., IDRC, 2002. Strengthening institutions has become the key to improving the effectiveness of development assistance. The authors examine all aspects of organisational performance, and review the methodological issues involved in carrying out an assessment, ranging from the ch...
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N. Boesen and O. Therkildsen, Danida, 2005. This paper aims to improve understanding of what the 'capacity' of organisations means, and the potential constraints and options for changing and enhancing capacity. Hopefully, it will contribute to a consensus on how capacity development works in pr...
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P.G.H. Engel and M.L. Salomon, KIT/CTA/Stoas, 2002. RAAKS (rapid appraisal of agricultural knowledge systems) is a participatory method that facilitates networking and communication processes for generating knowledge and innovation. The set includes a book, The Social Organization of Innovation...
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UNDP-CSO, 2005. The experiences presented in this report underscore the critical importance for UNDP and other international organizations to engage with civil society actors at all levels in preventing violent conflict and rebuilding peace. In many cases, the credibility and effectiveness demo...
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The IOSN is a centre of excellence for free/open source software (FOSS) run by the UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP), which hosts a community operated portal at www.iosn.net. This case study examines the technical and social dimensions of this portal, which will provid...
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Jul 2006Nearly 100 cases representing most economic and social sectors served to illustrate and analyze successful and not so successful attempts to take poverty reduction initiatives to scale. The country case studies discuss and analyze poverty reduction from a countrywide perspective, while thematic...