Ownership of development priorities by developing countries

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Development funding is increasingly being channelled through Development Finance Institutions. These national institutions are particularly solicited when using development aid money to free up further investment, known as...

Resume Local volunteers are educated (Awareness is raised among communities about MDGs and SDGs. The volunteers’ capacity is strenghtend through trainings, seminars and workshops. In addition to that, volunteers might take part in...

This article, published in February 2105 in the journal Agriculture & Food Security and written by a team of CGIAR authors, considers that productive resources are essential to the livelihoods and food security of the world’s...

The programme estimate (PE) modality is widely used in EU programming to provide support and build ownership of line ministries. However, in many cases programme estimates require significant TA support and direct “hand-holding”...

This document provides an analytical review of post 2000 literature on technical cooperation that is either written by Southern authors, published by Southern institutions or presents the views of Southern nationals and government...

This Guideline paper from the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) details their policy for the future development of technical cooperation (TC). The paper emphasises that TC should always be linked to capacity development and gives...

This short case study highlights the modernization and developmental progress made in Bhutan over the last 40 years and attributes it primarily to success with demand-driven technical assistance (TA). Critical success factors are...