Capacity development: Key references from our partners

Capacity development statements and strategy documents

• Asian Development Bank (ADB). Integrating Capacity Development into Country Programs and Operations: Medium-Term Framework and Action Plan. 2007
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Capacity Development: Why, What, and How. 2000.  
• Technical Advisory Services, Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). Guidance Note on Danish Support for Capacity Development. 2006.  
• European Commission. Reforming Technical Cooperation and Project Implementation Units for External Aid provided by the European Commission – a 2008 Backbone Strategy. 2008. 
• Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Capacity Development and Aid Effectiveness. Discussion Paper in Preparation for the High level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra. 2008
• Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Capacity Development and JICA's Activities. 2003
• Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA). SIDA Policy for Capacity Development. SIDA, 2000.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Supporting Capacity Development: The UNDP Approach. UNDP, 2008. 
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Capacity Development Practice Note. UNDP 2008. 

Guidelines, toolkits, manuals

• Asian Development Bank (ADB). Practical Guide to Capacity Development in a Sector Context (Working Draft, 2008) 
• European Commission. Guidelines on Technical Cooperation and Programme Implementation Arrangements. 2008  Not online yet
• European Commission. Practical guide to Capacity Development in a Sector Context (Working Draft October 2008). Not online yet
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Capacity Development Toolkit. (registration required)
• Task Force on Aid Approaches, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Capacity Development Handbook for JICA Staff. 2004.
• Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Manual for Capacity Development. 2005.  
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). UNDP Practice Note on Supporting Capacities for Integrated Local Development. 2007. 
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). UNDP Practice Note on Capacity Development during Periods of Transitions. 2007
  

Capacity assessment guidelines

• European Commission. Institutional Assessment and Capacity Development: Why, What, and How? 2005
• Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Analysis of needs for capacity development. 2000. 
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).  UNDP Capacity Assessment Supporting Tool. 2006. 
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).  UNDP Capacity Assessment User’s Guide. 2006

Case studies and evaluations of capacity development initiatives and programmes

• Asian Development Bank (ADB). Effectiveness of ADB Capacity Development Assistance: How to Get Institutions Right. 2008.  
• Asian Development Bank (ADB). Capacity Development in South Asia. 2007.  
• European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM). Study on Capacity, Change and Performance. 2008.
• Institute of Development Studies (IDS). IDRC Strategic Evaluation of Capacity Development "Doing things better? How capacity development results help bring about change". 2008.
• Norwegian Agency for Development Assistance. Review and synthesis of lessons learned from Institutional Cooperation and Capacity Building in the Environmental Sector in Norwegian Development Cooperation. Norad  (2008)
• Norwegian Agency for Development Assistance. Synthesis Study on Best Practices and Innovative Approaches to Capacity Development in Low-Income African Countries. Norad (2008) 
• Operations Evaluation Department, Knowledge Programs and Evaluation Capacity Development (OEDKE), World Bank. Capacity Building in Africa An OED Evaluation of World Bank Support. 2005. 
• World Bank Task Force on Capacity Development in Africa. Building Effective States, Forging Engaged Societies. Report of the World Bank Task Force on Capacity Development in Africa. 2005.

Studies on technical co-operation

• Department for International Development (DFID). Developing Capacity? An evaluation of DFID funded Technical Cooperation for economic management in Sub Saharan Africa. Technical Cooperation for economic Development (Synthesis report) – DFID (2006). 
• European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM). Joint Evaluation Study on Promising Approaches to TA. 2007. 
• Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A Study of the Effectiveness and Problems of JICA's Technical Cooperation from a Capacity Development Perspective. 2006. 
• Joint Study on Effective Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development (2008). 
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Reforming Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development.