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
Gender, Culture & Capacity
Science and Technology
Anti-Corruption & Transparency

Brain Drain
Dealing with the loss of expertise due to international migration of skilled workers from LDCs.

Fragile States
Turning fractured instutitions into the stable foundations necessary for future development efforts.

 Leadership
How empowering local and national leaders can improve the social and economic landscape.

"Capacity, Change and Performance: Study Report"

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

 Getting Results from Capacity Development Initiatives (March 3-4, 2008)

 International Migration of Women (November 26, 2007)

 Conference on Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption (March 14-15, 2007)

 International Seminar on Informal Institutions (December 2006)

 Capacity Development Strategies: Let the Evidence Speak (November 2006)

 LenCD International Forum (October 2006)

 Focus on Rethinking Organizations: Capacity Day 2006 (July 2006)

 Initiating a Global Network of Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure (July 2006)

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.

Archived News

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

 Institutions and Development by Robert H. Bates, Harvard University

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

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

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

 Evaluation Capacity Development in the Republic of Ireland

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

Capacity Development: Where Do We Stand Now?

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