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www.worldbank.org/capacity
This web site provides an overview of the literature, case studies, lessons learned, and good practices pertaining to capacity development. It also includes links to international and local capacity development agencies and other knowledge resources.
Title: Critical Issues

The resources presented in these topics aim to address global challenges encountered by practitioners of capacity development through the sharing of best practices and lessons learned.

Archived Issues
Arrow: Blue Box Gender, Culture & Capacity
Arrow: Blue Box Science and Technology
Arrow: Blue Box Anti-Corruption & Transparency

Arrow: Orange Box Brain Drain
Dealing with the loss of expertise due to international migration of skilled workers from LDCs.
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Arrow: Orange Box Fragile States
Turning fractured instutitions into the stable foundations necessary for future development efforts.
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Arrow: Orange Box Leadership
How empowering local and national leaders can improve the social and economic landscape.

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"Capacity, Change and Performance: Study Report"
capacity study

This report by the European Centre for Development Policy Management reflects on the different ways to think about capacity development and what works, why, and when. It looks at the different conditions under which capacity development takes place, then at various strategies for change, both internal and external. The report is the result of a study which began in 2003 to provide a new perspective on capacity development issues. The study includes 18 case studies, five workshop reports, a synthesis document and seven thematic papers

Arrow: Orange Box Getting Results from Capacity Development Initiatives (March 3-4, 2008)
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Arrow: Orange Box International Migration of Women (November 26, 2007)
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Arrow: Orange Box Conference on Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption (March 14-15, 2007)
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Arrow: Orange Box International Seminar on Informal Institutions (December 2006)
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Arrow: Orange Box Capacity Development Strategies: Let the Evidence Speak (November 2006)
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Arrow: Orange Box LenCD International Forum (October 2006)
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Arrow: Orange Box Focus on Rethinking Organizations: Capacity Day 2006 (July 2006)
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Arrow: Orange Box Initiating a Global Network of Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure (July 2006)
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Arrow: Orange Box The Challenge of Capacity Development: Working Towards Good Practice
This paper reflects a growing area of consensus among donors and practitioners about we mean by “capacity development” and what are some of the best methods to support it.

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Title: Library, Recommended Readings

Link: PDF "Building Effective States, Forging Engaged Societies" Report of the World Bank Task Force on Capacity Development in Africa

Link: PDF Institutions and Development by Robert H. Bates, Harvard University

Link: Offsite United Nations Development Programme Practice Notes: Capacity Assessment | Capacity Development

Link: PDF Capacity Building: A New Way of Doing Business for Development Assistance Organizations

Link: PDF Developing Capacity? An Evaluation of DFID-Funded Technical Cooperation for Economic Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

Link: PDF Evaluation Capacity Development in the Republic of Ireland

Link: PDF Capacity Development Evaluation Step 2: Desk Study of Danish Sector Programme Support and Mifresta Interventions

Icon: Doc Small Capacity Development: Where Do We Stand Now?

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