Capacity Building

Less Talk, More Do on Capacity Building for Development

David de Ferranti | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Capacity Building, AID Effectiveness, Busan South Korea, Development Aid, Capacity Building Development, Development Social Change, Impact News
David de Ferranti

A country should always be in the driver's seat, making decisions as they arise -- no one knows a road like a local citizen. Helping countries as they learn to drive that road is the goal of capacity building.

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Heartbreak and Hardship -- Finding a Way Out for Fragile States

Dominique Desruelle | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Rapid Credit Facility, International Monetary Fund, Sustainable Macroeconomic Framework, Imf, Capacity Building, Technical Assistance, Middle Income Countries, Fostering Engagement With Fragile States, Conflict-Affected States, Multi-Donor Trust Fund, Fragile States, Extended Credit Facility, Imfdirect, IMF-Supported Program, Program Design, Low-Income Countries, Business News
Dominique Desruelle

Everyone agrees that countries need help to recover from these situations. But it is not easy to come to a shared understanding on what this really takes.

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Peace Corps Placement Is Like Flying Standby

Ross Szabo | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Volunteering, Peace Corps, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary, Botswana, Service, HIV/AIDS, Capacity Building, Impact News
Ross Szabo

Apparently, like the fated flight I couldn't make in the airport, Peace Corps opens positions to more people than they have posts. In this case, everyone made it before us, so we were going on standby!

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Capacity Building: A Continuous Learning Process

Carol Peasley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Ngo, Women's Rights, Women, Foreign Aid, Nepal, Capacity-Building, Nigeria, Development, Egypt Protests, World News
Carol Peasley

As the donor community continues to debate foreign aid reform and the importance of "capacity building," I hope we remember that all elements of society have the potential to lead the development process.

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Bridges to Growth, Not Roads to Nowhere: Scaling Up Infrastructure Investment in Low-Income Countries

Hugh Bredenkamp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Enabling Environment, Sustainable Investment, Private Investment, Investment Strategies, Growth Potential, Debt Sustainability, Capacity Building, Global Economic Crisis, Low-Income Countries, World News
Hugh Bredenkamp

For low-income countries, the absence of reliable infrastructure -- roads, railways, ports, but also power supply -- has become an increasingly binding constraint on growth.

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Don't Let Goodwill Slip Through The Cracks

Gary Bagley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Cares, Volunteering, Volunteerism, Capacity-Building, Help, Impact News
Gary Bagley

It's been a watershed time for volunteering. Tens of thousands of Americans have been inspired to action, but have you ever tried to volunteer at homeless shelter, a school, or a social service agency? It's not as simple as it sounds.

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Science for Us, but Also for the World

Dr. Seth Berkley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Usaid, Foreign Aid, Obama Budget, Science Research, Developing Countries, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, AIDS Vaccine, Capacity-Building, Science, Scientific Capacity, Iavi, World News
Dr. Seth Berkley

The Obama administration should extend its fervor for science to its foreign aid policy, putting science and technology at the heart of U.S. assistance to the developing world.

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Breaking the Resource Curse: Concession Negotiation in Liberia

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raja Kaul, Capacity Building, Public Procurement Concessions Act, Resource Curse, Firestone, Karin Lissakers, Liberia, Lift Liberia Poverty Reduction Strategy, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Extractive Industry, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Concession Agreements, Revenue Watch Institute, Arcelormittal, Poverty Reduction, Peter Rosenblum, Natty B. Davis, Joseph Bell, World News
Arlene M. Roberts

Sub-Saharan Africa possesses some of the highest concentrations of natural resources. Yet, for all the mining and extraction, relatively precious few of the benefits trickle down to its citizens.

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