Using Training to Build Capacity for Development : An Evaluation of the World Bank's Project-Based and WBI Training
To achieve the goals of sustainable growth and poverty reduction, developing countries need strong national institutions. To this end, the World Bank has devoted significant resources to building the capacity of institutions and organizations in cl...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC : World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/10208160/using-training-build-capacity-development-evaluation-world-banks-project-based-wbi-training http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6312 |
| Summary: | To achieve the goals of sustainable
growth and poverty reduction, developing countries need
strong national institutions. To this end, the World Bank
has devoted significant resources to building the capacity
of institutions and organizations in client countries. The
Bank helps countries build capacity through a variety of
diverse but complementary means, including technical
assistance, studies, equipment, and training. This
evaluation addresses these questions and examines how
training is used alongside other Bank support to achieve
clients' capacity building objectives. The World Bank
invests an estimated $720 million annually in support of
client training. Over 90 percent is financed through
investment projects, with the remainder provided through the
World Bank Institute (WBI). This evaluation represents the
first time that the World Bank's training investments
have been examined to determine the impact of training on
clients' capacity- building objectives and to obtain
insights into the factors driving success or failure. It
presents a rich set of ideas for improving the effectiveness
of both WBI and project- financed training, with the aim of
enhancing the impact of the Bank's capacity building investments. |
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