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Development Policy Journal--Special Issue on Technical Cooperation: This issue contains articles by experts and practitioners involved in the initiative. Read more
Executive Summary of Developing Capacity Through Technical Cooperation: Country Experiences English, French and Spanish

Communications Material
Publications
Research Papers
Roundtable Reports
E-discussion Summary Reports
Background Documents

Communications Material

Capacity.org, Issue 14 English, French, Spanish	This joint UNDP-ECDPM newsletter provides a selection of insights and innovations emerging from the initiative.
Capacity for Development Book Review English, French, Spanish	Siba Das' review was published in Capacity.org, Issue 14.
Project Flyer English, French, Spanish
Press Releases
Accra Roundtable Press Release	Roundtable says increased political backing can improve development assistance.
Capacity for Development Press Release	New study calls for more ownership among beneficiaries and better use of global knowledge networks.

Publications

Development Policy Journal Special Issue: Technical Cooperation	Each article in this issue approaches the role of technical cooperation in capacity development from a different perspective--some examine the basic premises of technical cooperation while others look at the question from either the donor or the recipient viewpoint.
Executive Summary of Developing Capacity Through Technical Cooperation: Country Experiences English, French, Spanish	Foreword by Mark Malloch Brown, Preface by Carlos Lopes, Introduction: Rethinking Capacity Building for Today's Challenges by Stephen Browne, Overview: Meeting the Capacity Development Challenge: Lessons for Improving Technical Cooperation by Mary E. Hildebrand
Executive Summary of Capacity For Development: New Solutions to Old Problems English, French, Spanish	Foreword by Mark Malloch Brown and Overview: Institutional Innovations for Capacity Development by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Carlos Lopes, Khalid Malik

Research Papers

Document	Authors
Focus Studies
Opportunity Costs and Effective Markets	S. Ibi Ajayi and Afeikhena Jerome (June 2002)
Technical Cooperation and Stakeholder Ownership	Shekhar Singh (April 2002)
Is the Development Industry Ready for Change?	Niloy Banerjee, Leonel Valdiva and Mildred Mkandla (March 2002)
Accountability - to What End?	Arild Hauge (January 2002)
Are Donors Ready to Change?	Anders Danielson, Paul Hoebink and Benedict Mongula (January 2002)
Focus Studies: Emerging Findings: Executive Summaries	(February 2002)
Country Studies
Technical Cooperation and Capacity Development: The Kyrgyz Republic	Jacek Cukrowski, Marek Dabrowski, Radzislawa Gortat and Roman Mogilevsky
Country Studies: Preliminary Synthesis of Emerging Findings	Mary E. Hilderbrand (February 2002)
Complementary Research
Volunteerism and Capacity Development	Brian Pitt
Reforming Technical Assistance: Review of Statistical Evidence (1969 – 1999) (Summary) English, French	Pierre Baris, Nadia Rasheed and Jean Zaslavsky (November 2001)
Reforming Technical Assistance: Review of Statistical Evidence (1969 – 1999) (Full document) French	Pierre Baris, Nadia Rasheed and Jean Zaslavsky (November 2001)
From Technical Assistance to Development Cooperation – UNDP’s Experience in Latin America in the 90s	Carlos del Castillo (December 2001)
Technical Assistance: Correcting the Precedents	Peter Morgan (October 2001)
Harmonising the Provision of Technical Assistance: Finding the Right Balance and Avoiding the New Religion	Heather Baser and Peter Morgan (conducted by the European Centre for Development Policy Management)

Roundtable Reports

First Roundtable Report	Reforming Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development: Ready for Change? (July 2001) - Agenda
Second Roundtable Report	Reforming Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development: Can’t We Do Better? (January 2002) - Agenda
Third Roundtable Report	Reforming Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development: Towards a Capacity Development Agenda (April 2002) - Full Report - Accra Outcomes on Capacity Development English, French, Spanish - Agenda

E-discussion Summary Reports

E-discussion summary report (a compilation of the weekly summaries)
First Round: Ready for Change?	The Donor Side I (4 - 9 June) The Donor Side II (11 - 16 June) The Recipient Side I (18 - 23 June) The Recipient Side II (25 - 30 June) The Development Industry I (2 - 7 July) The Development Industry II (9 - 14 July)
Second Round: Alternatives and Options	Easy to Evoke, Hard to Account For (8 - 20 October) TC Modalities Under Scrutiny (22 October - 3 November) Opportunity Costs and Effective Markets (5 – 17 November) Making Capacity Stick (19 November - 1 December)
Third Round: Capacity Development in Practice	Towards Genuine Dialogue - A Foundation for Ownership and Capacity Development (7 - 14 October) Incentives and Capacity Development (14 - 21 October)

Background Documents

Report of the Strategic Brainstorming Meeting	(8 - 9 March 2001)
Report of the First AFG Meeting	(July 2001)

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