The Importance of Stakeholder Ownership for Capacity Development Results
Capacity development is widely accepted as critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and other development outcomes, but the results from capacity development initiatives have often been disappointing. This challenge signifies th...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25236343/importance-stakeholder-ownership-capacity-development-results http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23034 |
| Summary: | Capacity development is widely accepted
as critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) and other development outcomes, but the results from
capacity development initiatives have often been
disappointing. This challenge signifies the urgent need to
advance capacity development knowledge and practice. As a
contribution to addressing this challenge, the World Bank
Institute (WBI) has developed a strategic, country-led and
approach to results focused capacity development, which
involves collective action across society and an emphasis
throughout on achieving results. The conceptual framework
and processes for WBI’s approach are captured in the
Capacity Development and Results Framework (CDRF) (Otoo,
Agapitova and Behrens 2009). The focus of this paper is on
the strength of stakeholder ownership. Drawing on a review
of recent studies, literature and relevant examples, this
paper seeks to deepen understanding of the importance of
stakeholder ownership and its contributing institutional
characteristics to achieving development goals. The paper
identifies future collaborative research that would shed
light on which change strategies are likely to be most
effective in strengthening stakeholder ownership in
different contexts. |
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