Where Capacity is Not the Only Problem : Moving from Generic Capacity Building to Support for Issues-Based Change in Nigeria

This brief highlights DFID's experience in Nigeria in adopting an issues-based approach in which its role lies more in responding to and following, rather than leading, local change processes. This shifts the donor's role to engaging with...

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Main Authors:	Pycroft, Christopher, Butterworth, Richard
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY STAKEHOLDERS COMMUNITY LEADERS CONTRIBUTIONS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE E-MAIL ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL COMMISSION ELECTORAL SYSTEM EMPOWERMENT FAIR ELECTIONS IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL WILL POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AGENDA SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/7446871/capacity-not-only-problem-moving-generic-capacity-building-support-issues-based-change-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9656

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spelling	okr-10986-96562021-04-23T14:02:46Z Where Capacity is Not the Only Problem : Moving from Generic Capacity Building to Support for Issues-Based Change in Nigeria Pycroft, Christopher Butterworth, Richard ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY STAKEHOLDERS COMMUNITY LEADERS CONTRIBUTIONS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE E-MAIL ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL COMMISSION ELECTORAL SYSTEM EMPOWERMENT FAIR ELECTIONS IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL WILL POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AGENDA SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TRANSPARENCY This brief highlights DFID's experience in Nigeria in adopting an issues-based approach in which its role lies more in responding to and following, rather than leading, local change processes. This shifts the donor's role to engaging with a wider variety of stakeholders, identifying groups and coalitions that are most likely to drive and achieve institutional changes that can alleviate poverty, and to designing innovative means of supporting such locally driven efforts. The paper comes to the conclusion that in environments where weak capacity is compounded by an absence of broad-based political will, donors need to develop new approaches. Development assistance that does not engage with the politics of institutional constraints, but focuses only on organizational capacity, will have limited impact in addressing poverty and may be counter-productive. 2012-08-13T09:12:32Z 2012-08-13T09:12:32Z 2005-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/7446871/capacity-not-only-problem-moving-generic-capacity-building-support-issues-based-change-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9656 English Capacity Development Briefs; No. 12 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 Nigeria
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY STAKEHOLDERS COMMUNITY LEADERS CONTRIBUTIONS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE E-MAIL ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL COMMISSION ELECTORAL SYSTEM EMPOWERMENT FAIR ELECTIONS IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL WILL POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AGENDA SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY STAKEHOLDERS COMMUNITY LEADERS CONTRIBUTIONS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE E-MAIL ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL COMMISSION ELECTORAL SYSTEM EMPOWERMENT FAIR ELECTIONS IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL WILL POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AGENDA SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TRANSPARENCY Pycroft, Christopher Butterworth, Richard Where Capacity is Not the Only Problem : Moving from Generic Capacity Building to Support for Issues-Based Change in Nigeria
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description	This brief highlights DFID's experience in Nigeria in adopting an issues-based approach in which its role lies more in responding to and following, rather than leading, local change processes. This shifts the donor's role to engaging with a wider variety of stakeholders, identifying groups and coalitions that are most likely to drive and achieve institutional changes that can alleviate poverty, and to designing innovative means of supporting such locally driven efforts. The paper comes to the conclusion that in environments where weak capacity is compounded by an absence of broad-based political will, donors need to develop new approaches. Development assistance that does not engage with the politics of institutional constraints, but focuses only on organizational capacity, will have limited impact in addressing poverty and may be counter-productive.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Pycroft, Christopher Butterworth, Richard
author_facet	Pycroft, Christopher Butterworth, Richard
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title	Where Capacity is Not the Only Problem : Moving from Generic Capacity Building to Support for Issues-Based Change in Nigeria
title_short	Where Capacity is Not the Only Problem : Moving from Generic Capacity Building to Support for Issues-Based Change in Nigeria
title_full	Where Capacity is Not the Only Problem : Moving from Generic Capacity Building to Support for Issues-Based Change in Nigeria
title_fullStr	Where Capacity is Not the Only Problem : Moving from Generic Capacity Building to Support for Issues-Based Change in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Where Capacity is Not the Only Problem : Moving from Generic Capacity Building to Support for Issues-Based Change in Nigeria
title_sort	where capacity is not the only problem : moving from generic capacity building to support for issues-based change in nigeria
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/7446871/capacity-not-only-problem-moving-generic-capacity-building-support-issues-based-change-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9656
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Where Capacity is Not the Only Problem : Moving from Generic Capacity Building to Support for Issues-Based Change in Nigeria

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