A mantra in development, and a constant demand in every policy paper, is that there is a need for "capacity development". The fact that this is still such a prevalent prescription gives an idea of how ...

When the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015, the international community shifted gears and took aim at bringing about the biggest positive impact to the largest number of ...

Age: Like local ownership, its blood brother and fellow sustainable development prerequisite, capacity building came into its own as a concept during the 1990s – though its essential principles, ...

Strengthening the capacity of institutions—including central banks, finance ministries, revenue administrations, statistical agencies, and financial sector supervisory agencies—results in more ...

Though international development experts rarely agree upon anything, most accept that effective and accountable government institutions, including security institutions, are a prerequisite for other ...