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This subseries is published by the Asian Development Bank to provide the governments of its Pacific developing member countries (PDMCs) with analyses and insights on key issues and lessons learned with respect to capacity development. Cases studied highlight a range of experiences throughout the region by sector, theme, and source of external support, revealing approaches to capacity development that work best and the conditions that have been conducive to their success. They also explore the unique challenges faced by PDMCs in addressing capacity constraints as well as some opportunities facing governments and the people in the Pacific islands. Among other things, the case studies underline the importance of PDMC leadership, engagement of local partners, strategic attention to long-term capacity issues, and effective use of external resources. We hope that the findings in these reports will help guide future capacity building efforts in the Pacific.

Provides a wide range of papers on the advances in capacity development. This book describes the conceptual approaches to knowledge and capacity development, coming from a broad yet representative variety of fields in social science, field practice and case studies

The projects in the Future Megacities programme gain valuable experiences in developing energy efficient standards and urban structures with adequate conditions to treat resources with care and avoid unnecessary emissions. To achieve the ambitious objectives, it is essential to convince and enable people to take an active part in sustainable development. This requires qualification and education efforts at different levels, with different target groups and for different topics. This volume presents several proven and evaluated capacity building measures. Proper workmanship, individual responsi.

Nothing is more important to a new, fragile or developing nation than developing the capacity of its government to support national well-being. Every society is complex; every government is complex. Yet, well-intentioned international development aid, born in an era of infrastructure projects, continues to apply simplistic technical solutions to these wickedly complex development problems. It's an outside-in approach that rarely succeeds, even by the development industry's own admission. But out there, amongst the billions of dollars of failed interventions, there are bright spots of success - places where capacity is harnessed, not just for today, but for tomorrow, too. What is working so well? Drawing on research, practical experience, and stories of success, Jim Armstrong explores these emerging approaches.

Investigation into the social, economic, political, and institutional factors that encourage or impede inclusive economic development in Kiribati. Studies the political economy of the country's state-owned enterprise reform. At the request of the Government of Kiribati, the Asian Development Bank funded a study of the political economy of the country's state-owned enterprise reform. This reports the result of an investigation into the social, economic, political, and institutional factors that encourage or impede inclusive economic development in Kiribati and hamper the capacity development needed to overcome obstacles to that development. Much of the information on which this report is based was collected in discussions in South Tarawa in January and April 2007. The institutional analysis and development framework of Ostrom et al. (2001) served as the analytical framework for the investigation. This framework, which was developed by researchers from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University in the United States, is an effective way to explain group behavior that influences a country's economic development.

While "systemic thinking" is popular in the context of capacity development and evaluation, there is currently a lack of understanding about the benefits to employing systems theory in evaluation capacity development. Systems theory provides a useful orientation to the work involved in complex systems (e.g. national evaluation systems). This article illustrates how evaluation capacity development practitioners can use systems theory as a conceptual tool to gain a better understanding of the functional aspects and interrelationships present within a given evaluation system. Specifically, the systems theory perspective can help elucidate the reasons for the success or failure of a given evaluation capacity development program or activity. With the goal of motivating evaluation capacity development practitioners to use systems theory in their work, this article presents a systems theory framework for evaluation capacity development and offers practical examples of how it can be adopted.

When donors take the driver 's seat, Africans move to the back seat. When donors try to do the same thing in Vietnam, Vietnamese get out of the car.—AnonymousAfrica's brain drain to the North is part of a much larger story of the capacity-building challenges facing the continent. During the past 20 years African economies struggled through what are often referred to as the "lost decades." The region's economies have been characterized by dependence on economic aid and technical assistance. It is surmised that there are more expatriate "experts" in Africa now than at any time since independence. Technical assistance rose from US$1 billion in 1971 to US$4 billion in 1995. Africans themselves have, as the epigram suggests, taken the back seat, and the skilled ones among them have increasingly migrated abroad.

Foreword-- Karl Moore 1. One Size Fits All 2. Wicked Problems 3. Positivism and Constructivism 4. The Central Case Study 5. Non-linear Process 6. Co-diagnosing 7. Co-learning 8. Evaluation As Co-learning 9. Co-designing 10. Co-acting 11. Trinidad and Tobago Example Conclusion: The Way Ahead

In 2004, the leaders of 15 African Red Cross & Red Crescent (RC ) Societies & staff from Fritz Institute met in Johannesburg, South Africa, to further the growing belief that Africa's humanitarian problems cannot be solved from the outside in. Adapted from the source document.

The Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project works to make climate information services and climate-smart agriculture more accessible to millions of smallholder farmers in Senegal and five other target countries). The AICCRA strategy to achieve this goal includes building the capacity of next users to use climate services and support implementation of climate-smart agriculture. Although Senegal has a strong foundation for climate services, the benefits that farming and agropastoral populations obtain from climate services could potentially be limited by insufficient capacity to understand, communicate and apply climate information within these populations and at critical points within the agricultural system, for example, the network of organizations (ANCAR, NGOs, producer organizations) that provide extension and advisory services, local GTPs, university agriculture programs, and rural communities themselves. AICCRA-Senegal held a workshop in Dakar on 9 May 2022 to inform its capacity development strategy. The workshop convened a set of stakeholders representing government, academia and NGOs to identify priority capacity gaps, and opportunities for training and curriculum to address these gaps.

This sub-series is published by the Asian Development Bank to provide the governments of its Pacific developing member countries (PDMCs) with analyses and insights on key issues and lessons learned with respect to capacity development. The report highlights a range of experiences throughout the region by sector, theme and source of external support, revealing approaches to capacity development that work best and the conditions that have been conducive to their success. It explores the unique challenges faced by PDMCs in addressing capacity constraints as well as some of the opportunities facing governments and the people in the Pacific islands. Among other things, the report underlines the importance of PDMC leadership, engagement of local partners, strategic attention to long-term capacity issues and effective use of external resources. It is our hope that the findings in this report will help to guide future capacity building efforts in the Pacific.

This sub-series is published by the Asian Development Bank to provide the governments of its Pacific developing member countries (PDMCs) with analyses and insights on key issues and lessons learned with respect to capacity development. The report highlights a range of experiences throughout the region by sector, theme and source of external support, revealing approaches to capacity development that work best and the conditions that have been conducive to their success. It explores the unique challenges faced by PDMCs in addressing capacity constraints as well as some of the opportunities facing governments and the people in the Pacific islands. Among other things, the report underlines the importance of PDMC leadership, engagement of local partners, strategic attention to long-term capacity issues and effective use of external resources. It is our hope that the findings in this report will help to guide future capacity building efforts in the Pacific.