A Market-Based Approach to Capacity Development : How Uganda's Local Governments are Breaking New Ground

For many developing countries, capacity development means donor-sponsored training programs and outside experts. But a noteworthy example in Uganda shows that capacity development may work better and be more sustainable when local market forces are...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Mark
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/11900519/market-based-approach-capacity-development-ugandas-local-governments-breaking-new-ground
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9570
id okr-10986-9570
recordtype oai_dc
spelling okr-10986-95702021-04-23T14:02:46Z A Market-Based Approach to Capacity Development : How Uganda's Local Governments are Breaking New Ground Nelson, Mark ACCOUNTANT ACCOUNTING BUDGETARY PROCESS CAPACITY BUILDING DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES E-MAIL INSTRUMENT LOCAL CAPACITIES LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL MARKET LOCAL MARKETS MUNICIPALITIES PENALTIES PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC MEETINGS REVENUE MANAGEMENT SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE STANDARDS For many developing countries, capacity development means donor-sponsored training programs and outside experts. But a noteworthy example in Uganda shows that capacity development may work better and be more sustainable when local market forces are unleashed to provide for local capacity needs. The Uganda case spotlights an approach supported by the World Bank and other partners that has focused on improving the capacities of Uganda's local governments, which since the 1990s have been part of one of Africa's most ambitious decentralization processes. In that program, Uganda's ministry of local government has used World Bank and other donor financing to create a set of incentives aimed at improving the performance of the country's local governments. Part of the approach was not only a system to reward high-performing local governments, but actions aimed at stimulating both supply and demand for capacity development at the local level. 2012-08-13T08:59:20Z 2012-08-13T08:59:20Z 2007-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/11900519/market-based-approach-capacity-development-ugandas-local-governments-breaking-new-ground http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9570 English Capacity Development Briefs; No. 22 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Uganda
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Foreign Institution
institution Digital Repositories
building World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection World Bank
language English
topic ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING
BUDGETARY PROCESS
CAPACITY BUILDING
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
E-MAIL
INSTRUMENT
LOCAL CAPACITIES
LOCAL CAPACITY
LOCAL ECONOMY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCAL MARKET
LOCAL MARKETS
MUNICIPALITIES
PENALTIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC MEETINGS
REVENUE MANAGEMENT
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE STANDARDS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING
BUDGETARY PROCESS
CAPACITY BUILDING
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
E-MAIL
INSTRUMENT
LOCAL CAPACITIES
LOCAL CAPACITY
LOCAL ECONOMY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCAL MARKET
LOCAL MARKETS
MUNICIPALITIES
PENALTIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC MEETINGS
REVENUE MANAGEMENT
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE STANDARDS
Nelson, Mark
A Market-Based Approach to Capacity Development : How Uganda's Local Governments are Breaking New Ground
geographic_facet Africa
Uganda
relation Capacity Development Briefs; No. 22
description For many developing countries, capacity development means donor-sponsored training programs and outside experts. But a noteworthy example in Uganda shows that capacity development may work better and be more sustainable when local market forces are unleashed to provide for local capacity needs. The Uganda case spotlights an approach supported by the World Bank and other partners that has focused on improving the capacities of Uganda's local governments, which since the 1990s have been part of one of Africa's most ambitious decentralization processes. In that program, Uganda's ministry of local government has used World Bank and other donor financing to create a set of incentives aimed at improving the performance of the country's local governments. Part of the approach was not only a system to reward high-performing local governments, but actions aimed at stimulating both supply and demand for capacity development at the local level.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Nelson, Mark
author_facet Nelson, Mark
author_sort Nelson, Mark
title A Market-Based Approach to Capacity Development : How Uganda's Local Governments are Breaking New Ground
title_short A Market-Based Approach to Capacity Development : How Uganda's Local Governments are Breaking New Ground
title_full A Market-Based Approach to Capacity Development : How Uganda's Local Governments are Breaking New Ground
title_fullStr A Market-Based Approach to Capacity Development : How Uganda's Local Governments are Breaking New Ground
title_full_unstemmed A Market-Based Approach to Capacity Development : How Uganda's Local Governments are Breaking New Ground
title_sort market-based approach to capacity development : how uganda's local governments are breaking new ground
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/11900519/market-based-approach-capacity-development-ugandas-local-governments-breaking-new-ground
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9570
_version_ 1764409854194089984