Publications
This section offers a selection of publications related to capacity development.
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A case study for the project ‘Capacity, Change and Performance’A. Land, ECDPM Discussion Paper 57D, 2004. This case study explores the process through which Rwanda’s revenue collection capability was transformed from that of a moribund government department into to respected and performing org...
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A case study for the project ‘Capacity, Change and Performance’John Saxby, ECDPM Discussion Paper 57C, 2004. This paper examines a Brazilian social solidarity network, COEP, through the lens of organisational and social capacity and change. COEP’s members include government agencies, parastata...
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A case study for the project ‘Capacity, Change and Performance’A. Land, ECDPM Discussion Paper 57B, 2004. This case study examines how Takalar district in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi took up the challenge of tackling rural poverty through the use of participatory development and...
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A case study for the project ‘Capacity, Change and Performance’V. Hauck, ECDPM Discussion Paper 57A, 2004. Lacor Hospital in Gulu District, northern Uganda, formerly an isolated missionary hospital, is now fully integrated into the Ugandan health system. The case study describes how the hospit...
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Amnesty International, 2006. For more than 40 years Amnesty International (AI) members have been campaigning to protect and promote human rights. This manual aims to pass on the experience of these campaigners in an accessible format. This is not a blueprint for action. Some techniques may appl...
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ECDPM, 2004 (draft). This booklet brings together tools, experiences and background resources on institutional development. Its aim is to inform practitioners and help them improve their skills in facilitating institutional development initiatives. The booklet emphasises the need to use a proce...
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This guide is a highly recommended source for policy makers and practitioners working on local governance. It contains discussion papers, case studies, tools, academic papers, as well as a list of research institutes and resource persons. There are also many useful links to websites for those w...
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Jul 2006H. Nauheimer. Although this toolbook focuses on organisational development, it also contains useful hints on the broader process of institutional development. It offers a broad range of methods and strategies for use during different stages of personal and organisational development. The site i...
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Jul 2006This website, operated by the FAO’s Informal Working Group on Participatory Approaches and Methods, contains a great deal of detailed information on participatory tools, methods and approaches. This is presented in the form of one-page overviews (i.e. description, source, purpose and applicatio...
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Jul 2006DFID, 2003. This sourcebook outlines some of the key tools used by those involved in institutional development, focusing on those that are or have been used in DFID’s own work. Most of the tools are either simple models or checklists designed to help you through the key issues. They all have ri...