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 ...

Capacity development activities undertaken by the Financing for Sustainable Development Office (FSDO) aim at better enabling Member States to implement their commitments and agreements on Financing ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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

The IMF helps its members by providing technical assistance, training, and knowledge-sharing to improve their economic policies and make their institutions more effective. Strengthening the capacity ...