Knowledge corners
Capacity.org is more than just a professional magazine. These ‘knowledge corners’ are being developed in order to provide a range of relevant resources on capacity development for policy makers and practitioners. Visitors are welcome to suggest new resources that could be added to this section. Please send the link and a brief description (35 words) to editor@capacity.org.
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Sep 2005Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, 2005. This report provides examples of best practices and challenges of donor harmonisation and alignment in Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Tanzania and Cambodia. As the dialogue moves from principles to practice, both governments and donor agencies have t...
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Chiku Malunga and Charles Banda, 2005. In this book the power of traditional wisdom contained in African proverbs is directed at organisational development and change. The result is a fresh new perspective, with important lessons for leaders, consultants, volunteers and expatriates working in A...
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DANIDA, 2005. Capacity development support is a key element in development assistance, whether aimed at specific organisations or as part of wider sector programmes, but it is generally recognised that the knowledge about how best to deliver and assess the outcome of such support has been limit...
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ODI Briefing Paper, May 2005. This paper argues that the ‘scaling up’ of aid flows that could materialise in 2005 is likely to run up against ‘absorptive capacity’ constraints, unless these are taken into account from the beginning, and adequately addressed in the design and implementation of i...
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Sep 2005IDS, 2005. For decades, the development community has intervened in poor countries with little understanding of the political and institutional landscape, and with scant regard for the impact of their actions. Policy makers need to think much more about what is actually happening, why, and how...
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Francis Fukuyama, 2005. ‘Weak or failed states are the source of many of the world’s most serious problems,’ Fukuyama believes. He traces what we know – and more often don’t know – about how to transfer functioning public institutions to developing countries in ways that will leave something of...
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Sep 2005Development Gateway, 2005. This online report explores how an unprecedented effort for global cooperation is taking shape to help reach the MDGs. It includes interviews with experts, collections of documents, statistics, and surveys related to global meetings leading to the MDG+5 Summit in Sept...
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Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE), 2004. This book analyses eight case studies of research partnerships between the North and the South, focusing on the impacts of such partnerships, including attitudinal changes, capacity strengthening, and on society...
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Sep 2005Brian Levy and Sahr Kpundeh (Eds), World Bank, 2004. If Africa is to have a well-functioning public sector there needs to be a paradigm shift in how to analyze and build state capacity. African governments and their partners should move from a narrow focus on organisational, technocratic and p...
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Sep 2005Catholic Institute for International Relations, 2005. This comprehensive manual on capacity building for local NGOs can be used for training and development or as a self-help manual. Available on CD and free online in pdf format.