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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Carbon financing and carbon market processes: a guide for Indigenous communities
- ( I. Barnsley / Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University, , 2008)
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Greenhouse gas abatement activities can have both beneficial and detrimental impacts on the communities in which they operate. For this reason, it is vital that Indigenous communities have accurate...
- Implementing change in humanitarian organisations
- ( P. Clarke;B. Ramalingam / Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action , 2008)
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How do organisations change how they work? This chapter addresses the topic of change in humanitarian organisations. Drawing on the findings of a literature review and group interviews the authors ...
- Is the IMF responsible for the shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers in developing countries?
- ( R. Rowden / IFIwatchnet , 2008)
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This paper highlights the shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers hired in developing countries. It critically addresses current International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies with a focus on the need...
- Role of the UN system in changing aid architecture
- ( D. Silovik / United Nations Development Programme , 2006)
- This UNDP paper seeks to address key policy issues and instruments to improve the effectiveness of development aid. These issues include new aid architecture and the role of the UN systems; new aid mo...
Can donors make a quick exit in post-conflict states?
- ( S. Chand;R. Coffman / Center for Global Development, USA , 2008)
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This paper evaluates and estimates the time and dollar costs of post-conflict rebuilding. Utilising four post-conflict states – Liberia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste – a...
- How could technical assistance be made more effective?
- ( T. Land / European Centre for Development Policy Management , 2007)
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Technical assistance (TA) remains a controversial component of official development assistance (ODA). This study aims to contribute to the current discussions on aid effectiveness and capacity deve...
- Promising practices for disaster risk reduction
- ( Inter-agency Working Group on Emergency Capacity , 2007)
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Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has emerged as an important agenda item in the development community. This report identifies models and promising practices for disaster risk reduction based on experi...
- More accountability needed for donors, government and civil society
- ( C. Mutasa / African Forum and Network on Debt and Development , 2007)
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Accountability is a buzzword in contemporary development discourse and is a key component to the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness. Accountability has become central to development policy for ...
- How should donors engage with civil society?
- ( F. Tembo;A. Wells / Forum on the Future of Aid , 2007)
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Civil society organizations (CSOs) are continually supported by multilateral and bilateral donor organisations in order to enhance local political accountability, yet there remains a lack of ...
- How can the aid community help build effective developmental states?
- ( V. Fritz;A. Menocal / Development Policy Review , 2007)
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The developmental state is back at the centre of the international policy debate, yet policy-makers still have much to learn from the large research-based literature on the subject. This article, w...
