Capacity building
- Aid is seldom a blank cheque: re-evaluating aid in the peacebuilding process
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In war-torn societies aid can play an important and constructive role in building a durable peace. However, are positive outcomes the automatic result of good intentions? Furthermore, are donors motivated entirely by the objective of peacebuilding?
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- Tool for analysing vulnerability
- ( CARE International , 2009)
- Effective adaptation is based on a solid understanding of vulnerability to climate change. The impacts of climate change affect people differently based on their capacity to respond. What this means i...
- Tackling the mines and explosive remnants of war in Iraq
- ( United Nations Development Programme , 2009)
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The magnitude of Iraq’s problem with mine and unexploded remnants of war together with the socio-economic impact needs to be determined and addressed as a matter of urgency. As a recent signa...
- Tools and methodologies for monitoring and evaluating agriculture and rural development
- ( B. Hall (ed);N. Okidegbe;T. Marchant;et al / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2009)
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While donors and development practitioners still lack a common framework of results indicators to measure the effectiveness of development assistance, this sourcebook sets out a menu of core i...
Capacity development: implications for practice
- ( T. Hand;V. Hauck;H. Baser / European Centre for Development Policy Management , 2009)
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In recent years, the international community has been emphasising the importance of capacity development for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and sustainable development in ...
- Evaluating technical assistance to post-conflict countries
- ( A. Burgi-Schmelz (ed) / International Monetary Fund , 2009)
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This evaluation of technical assistance (TA) in statistics covers two post-conflict countries, namely, Mozambique and Rwanda during the period 2000–08. The evaluation is based on missions to ...
- Planning closure for relief and recovery missions
- ( S. Truelove / Eldis Document Store , 2007)
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Closing emergency relief and recover missions should be considered as a project in itself and is best planned when there is a certainty and clear schedules for closing a programme. This document, o...
- Practical guidance for implementing a responsible exit strategy
- ( S. Truelove / Eldis Document Store , 2008)
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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 develo...
- Aid reform: the need for a conflict-sensitive approach
- ( CARE International , 2009)
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Violent conflict and ‘situations of fragility’ represent significant challenges for aid effectiveness. Applying traditional development approaches in an unchanged fashion in such contex...
Incentives for development change in Malawi
- ( David Booth;Diana Cammack;Jane Harrigan;Edge Kanyongolo;Mike Mataure;Naomi Ngwira / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2006)
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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 g...
- Early recovery and joint donor assessments
- ( United Nations Development Group , 2008)
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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 Effective...
