Capacity building
- Practical guidance for implementing a responsible exit strategy
- S. Truelove / Eldis Document Store, 2008
- When it comes to humanitarian and relief agencies leaving an area in which they have been working, it is important to ensure this is done responsibly and to link relief and reconstruction to development. This document, originally conc...
- Aid reform: the need for a conflict-sensitive approach
- CARE International, 2009
- Violent conflict and ‘situations of fragility’ represent significant challenges for aid effectiveness. Applying traditional development approaches in an unchanged fashion in such contexts simply does not work. Aid can have...
- Incentives for development change in Malawi
- David Booth; Diana Cammack; Jane Harrigan; Edge Kanyongolo; Mike Mataure; Naomi Ngwira / Overseas Development Institute, 2006
- Weaknesses in development programmes are often blamed by donors on the "lack of political will" shown by their partners in country governments. Drivers of Change (DoC) is the name being given to a learning exercise at country level th...
- Early recovery and joint donor assessments
- United Nations Development Group, 2008
- Over the past ten years United Nations’ (UN) peacekeeping operations have largely increased in number and importance. This short discussion note from the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness highlights discussions from Roun...
- European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi)
- Organisation that provides capacity building to support climate change negotiations
- Moving forward with climate change strategies in Asia
- G. Yohe; I. Burton; S. Huq / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- With a focus on Asia, this paper looks at climate change, particularly in terms of pro-poor adaptation, risk management, and mitigation strategies. It also discusses what can be done from an international perspective in moving forward...
- Using future scenarios to change the way forest communities and local governments interact
- K. Evans; W. de Jong; P. Cronkleton / Center for International Forestry Research, 2008
- This paper discusses how a participatory method to facilitate thinking about future scenarios can help change the way forest communities and local governments interact. It reviews a growing body of literature on future scenarios and s...
- The positive impact of decentralised renewable energy technologies
- South Centre, 2008
- This paper analyses the positive impact of decentralised renewable energy technologies that enhance climate change adaptation capacity in developing countries facing increasing climate change-related hazards. It is argued ...
- Do Sector No-Lose Targets present a viable financial solution to climate change mitigation in developing countries?
- M. Ward (ed) / Ecofys, 2008
- This paper discusses the role of Sector No-Lose Targets (SNLTs) in financing for climate change mitigation in developing countries. It focuses on the preparation of SNLT’s and particularly looks at policy measures and high level...
- Implementing sustainable public procurement
- M. Kjöllerström / Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2008
- This brief examines the reasons behind the current drive towards sustainable public procurement (SPP), and the barriers that have to be overcome in order to implement it. It also looks at the key benefits and methods involved in SPP a...
- Practical guidance for implementing a responsible exit strategy
- S. Truelove / Eldis Document Store, 2008
- When it comes to humanitarian and relief agencies leaving an area in which they have been working, it is important to ensure this is done responsibly and to link relief and reconstruction to development. This document, originally conc...
- Aid reform: the need for a conflict-sensitive approach
- CARE International, 2009
- Violent conflict and ‘situations of fragility’ represent significant challenges for aid effectiveness. Applying traditional development approaches in an unchanged fashion in such contexts simply does not work. Aid can have...
- Incentives for development change in Malawi
- David Booth; Diana Cammack; Jane Harrigan; Edge Kanyongolo; Mike Mataure; Naomi Ngwira / Overseas Development Institute, 2006
- Weaknesses in development programmes are often blamed by donors on the "lack of political will" shown by their partners in country governments. Drivers of Change (DoC) is the name being given to a learning exercise at country level th...
- Early recovery and joint donor assessments
- United Nations Development Group, 2008
- Over the past ten years United Nations’ (UN) peacekeeping operations have largely increased in number and importance. This short discussion note from the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness highlights discussions from Roun...
- Moving forward with climate change strategies in Asia
- G. Yohe; I. Burton; S. Huq / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- With a focus on Asia, this paper looks at climate change, particularly in terms of pro-poor adaptation, risk management, and mitigation strategies. It also discusses what can be done from an international perspective in moving forward...
- Using future scenarios to change the way forest communities and local governments interact
- K. Evans; W. de Jong; P. Cronkleton / Center for International Forestry Research, 2008
- This paper discusses how a participatory method to facilitate thinking about future scenarios can help change the way forest communities and local governments interact. It reviews a growing body of literature on future scenarios and s...
- The positive impact of decentralised renewable energy technologies
- South Centre, 2008
- This paper analyses the positive impact of decentralised renewable energy technologies that enhance climate change adaptation capacity in developing countries facing increasing climate change-related hazards. It is argued ...
- Do Sector No-Lose Targets present a viable financial solution to climate change mitigation in developing countries?
- M. Ward (ed) / Ecofys, 2008
- This paper discusses the role of Sector No-Lose Targets (SNLTs) in financing for climate change mitigation in developing countries. It focuses on the preparation of SNLT’s and particularly looks at policy measures and high level...
- Implementing sustainable public procurement
- M. Kjöllerström / Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2008
- This brief examines the reasons behind the current drive towards sustainable public procurement (SPP), and the barriers that have to be overcome in order to implement it. It also looks at the key benefits and methods involved in SPP a...
- What can be taken forward from the National Adaptation Programmes of Action experiences?
- B. Osman-Elasha; T., E. Downing / European Capacity Building Initiative, 2007
- Following the Marrakech accords in 2001 where National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) were mandated to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), this report documents lessons learned by the NAPA teams in Eastern...
- European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi)
- Organisation that provides capacity building to support climate change negotiations
- Three Cs
- Six evaluation studies set up to explore and assess the role played by the Maastricht Treaty precepts, coordination, complementarity and coherence (3Cs), in the European Union's development co-operation policies and operations; and determine how far these have been applied in practice and with what impact.
- United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Centre in Colombo
Centre of UNDP's work in Asia and the Pacific
