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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- Reviewing the role of World Bank post-disaster cash transfers in Asia
- ( R. Heltberg / Development Policy Review , 2007)
- This article reviews major cash transfers to households as a mean of social protection in a number of Asian countries. Looking at Turkey, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Pakistan in particular, the a...
- Arguing the case for improved quality and quantity of aid
- ( J. Burnley / Oxfam , 2010)
- Recent critics of aid programmes have argued that aid is in fact the key cause of economic dependency, lack of growth, corruption, and even laziness amongst people living in poverty. The persistence o...
- 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...
