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Takeaways from the field: a candid interview with Francine Pickup, UNDP
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The Capacity4dev Team sat down with Francine Pickup, Deputy Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support at UNDP, who shared insights from her field days and reflections on her work today.
Worldwide
Africa
Americas & the Caribbean
+3Asia
Oceania
Europe
Capacity Development
Development Effectiveness
Development Policy
+1Innovative Financing for Development
Intercultural awareness and capacity for development effectiveness
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Voices & Views
International partnerships, being multicultural in nature, often face cultural differences which can generate misunderstandings, tension, and inefficiency. There are both tangible and intangible cultural barriers in EU...
Africa
Uganda
Americas & the Caribbean
+3Brazil
Asia
Nepal
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Development Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness
+2Capacity Development
Capacity development
Europe’s priceless know-how on social protection and employment
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Voices & Views
Most countries can finance some kind of social safety net through domestic resources, according to Belgian deputy prime minister and minister for development Alexander De Croo. But he says developing nations often lack the...
Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Americas & the Caribbean
+3Mexico
Asia
Azerbaijan
Capacity Development
Social Protection and Inclusion
Defining social protection programmes
+1Social Protection policies
City Partnerships Tackle Global Problems
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Voices & Views
The Dutch city of Utrecht wanted to plant a new forest as a contribution to the global environment. Trouble was, it didn’t have the space.
Americas & the Caribbean
Bolivia
Nicaragua
+3Europe
Germany
Netherlands
Capacity Development
Knowledge Management
Learning
+1Urban Development
Latin American Countries Praise PEFA
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Voices & Views
The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Framework (PEFA) has been praised as a useful tool to underpin Public Finance Management (PFM) reforms by representatives of Latin American countries at a recent seminar in...
Americas & the Caribbean
Budget support
Capacity Development
Economics & Public Finance
+3Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning
A New Tool Assesses Capacity Development Gains
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Development professionals are regularly asked to assess results of Capacity Development programmes – a challenging task that is not always easily carried out. But a new tool, called the Rapid Assessment of Capacity, or RAC, has...
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Bolivia
Capacity Development
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Knowledge Management
+2Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation
Tax Reform in Jamaica: It’s All About Capacity Development
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Over the last ten years or so, the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica has implemented a broadly successful programme of tax reform, offering an interesting case study that stresses the importance of capacity development for long...
Americas & the Caribbean
Jamaica
Budget support
Capacity Development
Economics & Public Finance
+2Knowledge Management
Learning
South-South Cooperation – Another Way of Sharing Knowledge
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Attendants of a high level conference "Organising Inclusive Ownership" which took place in Brussels in May heard of the success stories of a Dutch financed South-South Cooperation programme between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica.
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Benin
Americas & the Caribbean
+3Costa Rica
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Bhutan
Agriculture & Rural Development
Development Effectiveness
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+6Civil Society
Fisheries
Knowledge Management
Learning
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration
Organic Pineapples and Edible Insects: All Part of a Three-way South-South Initiative
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Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica have come together under a programme of South-South cooperation, sharing skills and knowledge on agriculture, environmental issues and much more, using funds from the Netherlands.
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Benin
Americas & the Caribbean
+3Costa Rica
Asia
Bhutan
Agriculture & Rural Development
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
+1Knowledge Management